wreck

Definition of wreck in English English dictionary: Something or someone that has been ruined; To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. (Australia); An event in which something is damaged through collision; The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down; To cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless
Usage: A collision is often implied as the cause of the damage - He wrecked the car.; To ruin or dilapidate; {v} to suffer wreck or loss, destroy, ruin; {n} a shipwreck, ruin, loss, goods wrecked; To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on; Goods, etc; To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it. A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty His life has been wrecked by the tragedy. missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages; To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck; {f} ruin, destroy; devastate; shatter (e.g. one's hopes); be destroyed; be sunken (e.g. of a ship); The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck; The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck; If a ship is wrecked, it is damaged so much that it sinks or can no longer sail. The ship was wrecked by an explosion. a wrecked cargo ship; To suffer wreck or ruin; smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"; If you say that someone is a wreck, you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy. You look a wreck see also nervous wreck; an accident that destroys a ship at sea; something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck"; a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"; To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering; a ship that has been destroyed at sea; a ship that has been destroyed at sea something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck; The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured; See 2d & 3d Wreak; which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea; Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train; {i} destruction; ruins, debris, remains; junk; nervous person; sunken ship; debris washed ashore; To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train; A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed. He was killed in a car wreck; A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident. the wreck of a sailing ship The car was a total wreck We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it
wreck of the Hesperus: Used to describe the appearance of an untidy or bedraggled person
She looked like the wreck of the Hesperus when she got caught in the rain.
wreck shop: To make a mess
Dave got wasted drunk and wrecked shop, which is why he's not invited tonight.
wreck shop: To "go to town", to do something with vigor, very enthusiastically
Steve was just wrecking shop on the track, no one could touch him.
wreck yard: the location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies
wreck diving: Wreck diving is a type of recreational diving where shipwrecks are explored
train wreck: The aftermath of a train crash
train wreck: A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers
Your personal life has been, and is, a train wreck..
train wreck: (Music) The point at which many or all musicians in an orchestra fall into unrecoverable discord while playing a piece, usually caused by an incorrect note, missed beat, or poor conducting
There was a train wreck when the timpanist struck the kettledrum slightly too soon and everyone lost their place.
train-wreck: Alternative form of train wreck
Harmon, the fireman lodger, passing through the kitchen on his way out to work, had paused to tell Saxon about the previous day's train-wreck in the Alviso marshes, and of how the engineer, imprisoned under the overturned engine and unhurt, being drowned by the rising tide, had begged to be shot.
wrecked: destroyed in an accident etc
wrecked: Simple past tense and past participle of wreck
nervous wreck: If you say that someone is a nervous wreck, you mean that they are extremely nervous or worried about something. She was a nervous wreck, crying when anyone asked her about her experience
ship wreck: See: shipwreck
To wreck: bewreck
To wreck: wrack
car wreck: destroyed car, auto which is heavily damaged
nervous wreck: emotionally tense, restless, fearful
wrecked: destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"
wrecked: past participle of wreck
wrecked: destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars
wrecked: drunk
wrecked: {s} ruined, destroyed; devastated; shattered (e.g. one's hopes); sunken (e.g. of a ship); stranded, beached
wrecked: Drunk or intoxicated
wrecking: {i} work of a wrecker; occurrence of a structure being totally demolished; destruction obtained by destroying something
wrecking: present participle of wreck
wrecking: {s} used for wrecking
wrecking: destruction achieved by wrecking something
wrecking: from Wreck, v
wrecking: the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
wrecks: third-person singular of wreck
wrecks: plural of wreck