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wreckage

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wreck⋅age

[rek-ij]
–noun
1. act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
2. remains or fragments of something that has been wrecked: They searched the wreckage for survivors.

Origin:
1830–40; wreck + -age
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wreck·age   (rěk'ĭj)   
n.  
  1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked.

  2. Something wrecked.

  3. The debris of something wrecked.

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