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wreck

/ˈɹɛk/ verbo C2

En español: arruinar, destruir, estropear, echar a perder

  1. To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. (transitive) · He wrecked the car in a collision.· That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
  2. To ruin or dilapidate. (transitive)
  3. To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. (transitive)
  4. To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed. (intransitive)

He/she/it wrecks · Pasado wrecked · Participio pasado wrecked · Forma en -ing wrecking

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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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 175 · C1
Matthew was covered with confusion at finding her there at all; and those bangles completely wrecked his wits at one fell swoop.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 189 · C1
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.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 68 · B2
Holmes, and on the eve of being married, when a sudden and dreadful misfortune wrecked all my prospects in life.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · B2

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