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Wreck   /rɛk/   Listen
noun
Wreck  n.  (Written also wrack)  
1.
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. "Hard and obstinate As is a rock amidst the raging floods, 'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate, Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods."
2.
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train. "The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds." "Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life."
3.
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
4.
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured. "To the fair haven of my native home, The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come."
5.
(Law) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.


verb
Wreck  v. t., n.  See 2d & 3d Wreak.


Wreck  v. t.  (past & past part. wrecked; pres. part. wrecking)  
1.
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. "Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked."
2.
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
3.
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. "Weak and envied, if they should conspire, They wreck themselves."


Wreck  v. i.  
1.
To suffer wreck or ruin.
2.
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.





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"Wreck" Quotes from Famous Books



... next task consisted in making long bolts by which the brackets of the horizontal bars were bolted entirely through the partition walls and held so powerfully on the other side that even the lever could not wreck them. ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday
... "Yes. A wreck out about seventy miles. I just got in on the relief," laconically. The accompanying grip, however, was not curt. "You'll read about it in the morning. Looks comfortable in there," with a nod toward the inviting den. "Early enough yet for a chat, ...
— The Dominant Dollar • Will Lillibridge
... that sit like stately crowns upon the waters were doubtless the wreck that remained of the valley; elevated spots, whose rocky bases withstood the force of the rushing waters, that carried away the lighter portions of the soil. The southern shore, seen from the lake, seems to lie in regular ridges running from south to north: some few are parallel with the lake ...
— Lost in the Backwoods • Catharine Parr Traill
... contents whether he was bound to secrecy as to those contents or no. But, as he read, the colour fled from his face, and a cold perspiration burst out upon him. What could the letter mean? Was the writer sane? And if not, oh, misery! then there was a second wreck of reason in the family; for the handwriting was his daughter's, and the signature at the foot of the paper was hers too. With heaving breast and tearful eyes he handed the letter to his sister, whose emotion was almost as distressing as his own as she read the ...
— Amos Huntingdon • T.P. Wilson
... chair, a cot, or some other moveable, with a daughter on each side, whom he alternately pressed to his affectionate breast. The rest of the melancholy assembly were seated on the deck, which was strewed with musical instruments, and the wreck of furniture and ...
— Reprinted Pieces • Charles Dickens


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