Antonyms for wreck
rɛkwreck

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1. wrecknoun

   Antonyms:
   restore

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

2. wrecknoun

   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)

   Antonyms:
   restore

   Synonyms:
   crash, ruins

3. wrecknoun

   To ruin or dilapidate.

   Antonyms:
   restore

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

4. wreckverb

   An event in which something is damaged through collision.

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

   Antonyms:
   restore

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1. wreck

   Antonyms:
   bear, carry, cherish, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, prop, support, sustain, uphold

   Synonyms:
   abandon, betray, break down, cast down, demolish, desert, destroy, drop, let go, overthrow, throw down

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1. wreck

   Synonyms:
   debris, ruins, havoc, rubbish, remains, destruction

Matched Categories

1. • Accident
   • Decline

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1. wrecknoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   shipwreck, crash

2. shipwreck, wrecknoun

   an accident that destroys a ship at sea

   Synonyms:
   shipwreck, crash

3. crash, wrecknoun

   a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

   "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"

   Synonyms:
   clangour, shipwreck, clank, collapse, smash, clangoring, crash, clangor, clash, clang

4. wreckverb

   a ship that has been destroyed at sea

   Synonyms:
   shipwreck, crash

5. bust up, wreck, wrackverb

   smash or break forcefully

   "The kid busted up the car"

   Synonyms:
   wrack, bust up

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1. wrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   desolation, ruin, havoc, devastation, ravage debris, derelict

2. wreckverb

   Synonyms:
   demolish, destroy, ruin, shatter, strand, founder, undo, raze

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1. wreck

   Synonyms:
   See Train wreck
   

How to use wreck in a sentence?

1. E. J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic:

   When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident... or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.

2. Jason Phillips:

   Before the RV, I was a nervous wreck. Every time my husband walked in the door or put his hand on something, I thought we were going to get( Covid-19), including my baby, but now that he's in that RV, I'm back to my life, focused on my full-time job and my kids, and it's completely changed our situation.

3. Ryann Weller:

   Mentally and emotionally, I've been a freaking wreck, if I get two more I lose my livelihood. I've already told my community that if I receive one more strike then I'm gon na have to move forward and nuke basically everything.

4. Chip Davis:

   It was like watching a wreck, you don't want to watch but like, you can't turn away.

5. Louis Bravo:

   But if you ask my wife, I was a train wreck for eight months.

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