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wreck⋅age

  [rek-ij]
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–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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Wreckage

Wreck"age\ (?; 48), n. 1. The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.

2. That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : wreckage
Spanish: restos,
German: das Wrack,
Japanese: 残がい
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