wreck
/ˈɹɛk/ verb C2- To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. · He wrecked the car in a collision.· That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
- To ruin or dilapidate.
- To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
He/she/it wrecks · Past wrecked · Past participle wrecked · -ing form wrecking
Verb forms
- Base form
- wreck
- He/she/it
- wrecks
- Past
- wrecked
- Past participle
- wrecked
- -ing form
- wrecking
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As he sailed off the coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for their lives.
Nevertheless, when Diana and the other girls had rushed frantically around the house--except Ruby Gillis, who remained as if rooted to the ground and went into hysterics--they found Anne lying all white and limp among the wreck and ruin of the Virginia creeper.
Matthew was covered with confusion at finding her there at all; and those bangles completely wrecked his wits at one fell swoop.
There is surely nothing in life more painful than to meet the wreck of a fine athlete whom one has known in his prime.
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