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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wreckage (ˈrɛkɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  same as wreck
2.  the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction

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Wreckage is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
When no mooring is provided, use a diver to tie-off to a stable piece of
  wreckage.
Crew members were cut down by shrapnel, hurled across rooms and buried under
  smoking wreckage.
The wreckage was tightly contained, and all aerodynamic surfaces and flight
  control surfaces were present.
If a hurricane is a chaotic system, then the wreckage strewn in its path is its
  fractal pattern.
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