Antonyms for wreck

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rek

Phonetic Transcription : rɛk

Definition of wreck

Origin : early 13c., "goods cast ashore after a shipwreck, flotsam," from Anglo-French wrec, from Old Norse *wrek (cf. Norwegian, Icelandic rek) "wreck, flotsam," related to reka "to drive, push" (see wreak). The meaning "a shipwreck" is first recorded mid-15c.; that of "a wrecked ship" is from c.1500. General sense of "remains of anything that has been ruined" is recorded from 1713; applied by 1795 to dissipated persons.

noun severe damage or severely damaged goods
verb ruin, destroy

Example sentences :

There were so many ways in which the wreck might have gone out of life and left no sign.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

As was said, the only soul who escaped alive off the wreck was Tom Chist.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

On inquiry, he learned that it had come from a wreck in which there were several ladies.
Extract from : « Georgie's Present » by Miss Brightwell

And the battles which wreck ministers are waged round his name.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

His first step was to restore discipline in the Chapter, which had all gone to wreck.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

The fame of his success in raising the wreck off the Bahamas had already preceded him.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Into it he dropped the ring, covering it again with all the leafy "rubble and wreck" of the wood.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The cutter imitated this manoeuvre, and the boat of the wreck went last.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

It is still a mystery to me why they let us escape, especially as they so soon deserted the wreck.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

He used most of his money that he got from the wreck to help finance their cause.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

Synonyms for wreck

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