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wreck [ˈrɛk]

1 wreck noun
  • a vehicle, airplane, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
  • a ruined or destroyed ship : shipwreck
  • an accident in which a car, airplane, train, etc., is badly damaged or destroyed

2 wreck verb
  • to damage (something) so badly that it cannot be repaired
  • to ruin or destroy (something)
  • to destroy (a ship) by crashing it into something—usually used as (be) wrecked