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wreck

(r/E/k )

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation(noun.state)

Example:
The house was a wreck when they bought it.
Thanks to that quack I am a human wreck.

source: wordnet30
an accident that destroys a ship at sea(noun.event)

Synonym:
shipwreck

source: wordnet30
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)(noun.event)

Synonym:
crash

source: wordnet30
a ship that has been destroyed at sea(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.(noun)

source: webster1913

smash or break forcefully(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bust up, wrack

source: wordnet30
See 2d & 3d Wreak.(verb)

source: webster1913
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.(verb)

source: webster1913
To suffer wreck or ruin.(verb)

source: webster1913

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