wrecked
- adjective
- /rɛkt/
:
destrozado
- After the hurricane, many homes were wrecked and needed to be rebuilt.
Examples
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The party was a disaster, and by the end of the night, the place looked wrecked.
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This place is so wrecked right now.
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So this part has been, has been wrecked, you might say, or or or put out of Commission.
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That you, you read this and you, you're in the presence of somebody who has been wrecked by pain.
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I am absolutely wrecked and This is why I can't always rely on good hair.
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The car was completely wrecked after the accident on the highway.
Synonyms
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3.8
A place or thing that is very badly damaged, often used for buildings and companies
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5.3
Having parts that are badly torn or crushed with jagged edges
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5.3
Badly damaged or destroyed, like a building after a disaster
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4.8
Become damaged or broken into pieces after a hard hit
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3.1
Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before
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4.8
Feeling very upset because hopes or feelings are destroyed
Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm
Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster
A building that has been torn down and broken up
Made into many small pieces so it cannot be fixed
Badly damaged, often crushed by a strong hit or accident
So badly damaged a car cannot be fixed and costs more to repair than it is worth
Antonyms
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wrecked comes from an old word for something 'driven onto the shore', like a broken ship. Think of shipwreck or wreckage — a ship left broken on the beach — and that is why wrecked means 'badly damaged'.