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wreck
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- pronunciation:
- rek
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A wreck is an action that causes great or total destruction.
The driver went too fast on the icy road caused a car wreck.- similar words:
- accident, collision, crash
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| definition 2: |
A wreck is what is left of something that has been destroyed or ruined.
Finally, a tow truck came to take away the wreck after the accident.The beautiful old ship is now just a wreck on the bottom of the ocean.
- synonyms:
- ruins
- similar words:
- debris, remains
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| related words: |
catastrophe |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
wrecks, wrecking, wrecked |
| definition: |
If a flood wrecks a building, it destroys or ruins it.
A big tree fell on our neighbor's car and wrecked it.Molly's brother and his friends wrecked our party!- synonyms:
- destroy, ruin
- similar words:
- break, shatter, smash, spoil, total
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| related words: |
crash, damage, ruin |
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