Wreck | Mean of wreck in English Dictionary
/ˈrɛk/
- Noun
- a vehicle, airplane, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
- Firefighters pulled him from the (car) wreck.
- a ruined or destroyed ship
- a sunken wreck
- an accident in which a car, airplane, train, etc., is badly damaged or destroyed
- This car has never been in a wreck.
- a car/train/plane wreck
- a person who is very tired, ill, worried, or unhappy
- The stress of her final exams made her a wreck.
- Dad was a nervous wreck on the day I had my surgery.
- something that is not in good condition
- Who would buy this wreck of a car?
- The house is a wreck.
- Verb
- to damage (something) so badly that it cannot be repaired
- I wrecked my mother's car.
- Many houses were wrecked by the hurricane.
- a wrecked car
- to ruin or destroy (something)
- The affair wrecked his marriage.
- Even though the rumor was false, it wrecked [=ruined] her career.
- Bad weather wrecked our vacation.
- to destroy (a ship) by crashing it into something
- The ship was wrecked off the coast of Ireland.