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
- 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
- bash
- batter
- beach
- break
- capsize
- collapse
- crack up
- crash
- crate
- cripple
- dash
- debacle
- debris
- decimate
- demolish
- derelict
- destruction
- devastate
- devastation
- dilapidate
- disable
- disruption
- do in
- efface
- fender bender
- founder
- heap
- hulk
- impair
- injure
- jalopy
- junk
- junker
- litter
- mangle
- mar
- mess
- mess up
- pile up
- pile-up
- put out of commission
- ravage
- raze
- rear-ender
- relic
- ruin
- ruins
- run aground
- sabotage
- scuttle
- shatter
- shipwreck
- sink
- smash
- smash up
- smashup
- spoil
- strand
- subvert
- take apart
- take out
- tear up
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- undermine
- vandalize
- waste
- wrack
- wrack up
- wreckage
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