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wreckage

[ rek-ij ]

noun

  1. act of wrecking; wrecking; state of being wrecked.
  2. remains or fragments of something that has been wrecked:

    They searched the wreckage for survivors.



wreckage

/ ˈrɛkɪdʒ /

noun

  1. same as wreck
  2. the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wreckage1

First recorded in 1830–40; wreck + -age

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Example Sentences

The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.

Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.

The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.

As the sun set on Monday and the search was called off for the day, there had been no positive update on the possible wreckage.

Pakistani troops even fought off militants attempting to reach the wreckage of drones that had crashed.

Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.

Then the company had become bankrupt and only a miserable ninety pounds a year had been saved from the wreckage.

There were no odds and ends, even, of wreckage which I could salvage for one more week of the old life.

The position in which the wreckage was said to have been seen on the Monday morning was verified by sights taken on that morning.

"Not when John Fly am carryin' dem," put in the colored waiter, who stood looking at the wreckage with a sober face.

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