How To Spell wreck?
How to Pronounce wreck?
Correct pronunciation for the word "wreck" is [ɹˈɛk], [ɹˈɛk], [ɹ_ˈɛ_k].
Definition of wreck
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To suffer wreck or ruin.
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The destruction of a vessel by being driven on the shore, upon rocks, or by foundering; the ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless by violence and fracture; dissolution by violence; ruin; destruction; the remains of anything ruined; dead weeds and grass; goods, &c., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea; the vessel in which ores are washed the the third time.
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To strand; to drive against the shore, or dash against rocks, and break or destroy; to cause to suffer shipwreck; to ruin.
Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin
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What is the present tense of Wreck?
What is the past tense of Wreck?
What is the adverb for wreck?
The adverb for the word "wreck" is "wrecklessly".
What is the adjective for wreck?
The adjective form of the word "wreck" is "wrecked".
Usage over time for wreck:
This graph shows how "wreck" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.
What is the plural form of wreck?
The plural of the "wreck" can be the "wrecks".
What is the singular form of wreck?
The singular of the "wreck" can be the "wreck".
Synonyms for Wreck:
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v.
• dismantle • blunder • ruin, destroy • destroy • destroy; exhaust • cause injury, loss • undermine • disable • ravage • batter • render inoperative; cripple • damage • annihilate • shatter • demolish • harm • level • botch • despoil -
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- cripple ,
- incurable ,
- consumptive .
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- hold back ,
- demolition ,
- cut into .
- hulk .
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adj.
• worried, tense • anxious • irritable • strained
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