Synonyms for wreck
rɛkwreck

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1. wrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

   Antonyms:
   restore

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)

   Synonyms:
   crash, ruins

   Antonyms:
   restore

3. wrecknoun

   To ruin or dilapidate.

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

   Antonyms:
   restore

4. wreckverb

   An event in which something is damaged through collision.

   Synonyms:
   ruins, crash

   Antonyms:
   restore

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1. wreck

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

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

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1. wreck

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Accident
   • Decline

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1. wrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, perdition, undoing, prostration, ruin, desolation, shipwreck

2. wrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   stranded vessel, shipwrecked vessel

3. wreckverb

   Synonyms:
   strand, founder, shipwreck, cast away

4. wreckverb

   Synonyms:
   ruin, destroy

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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. List of paraphrases for "wreck":

   shipwreck, wreckage, sinking, naufrage, debris, accident, derelict, battleship, destroy, carcass, mess, rubble, sunken, derailment

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1. wreck

   Synonyms:
   See Train wreck
   

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1. Commander Efren Lopez:

   We have accomplished a great feat. Over the last two years we have rescued 23 crew members, four of which were stuck inside the engine compartment for over 30 hours, none sustaining life-threatening injuries. Now we have completed the largest wreck removal in Commander Efren Lopez history.

2. Mo Brooks:

   If you had a car wreck and you hit somebody and it was your fault, you'd be expected to reimburse the injured party for the damages suffered, it should be no different with respect to China.

3. Ambrose Bierce:

   Vote: The instrument and symbol of a free man's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

4. Brit Hume:

   This is an absolute train wreck.

5. Chip Davis:

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