wrecked
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4.0
- adjective
- /rɛkt/
- 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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3.1
Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before
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2.8
Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm
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4.8
Feeling very upset because hopes or feelings are destroyed
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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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5.9
Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster
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5.5
So badly damaged a car cannot be fixed and costs more to repair than it is worth
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5.3
Badly damaged or destroyed, like a building after a disaster
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4.1
A building that has been torn down and broken up
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3.5
Made into many small pieces so it cannot be fixed
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4.8
Become damaged or broken into pieces after a hard hit
Badly damaged, often crushed by a strong hit or accident
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'.