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wreck

  [rek]
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–noun
1. any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
2. wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore.
3. the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.
4. a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
5. the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes.
6. a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
8. to involve in a wreck.
9. to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car.
10. to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building.
11. to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health.
–verb (used without object)
12. to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing.
13. to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.
Origin:
1200–50; (n.) ME wrec, wrech, wrek < ODan wrækæ wreck; (v.) late ME, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
9. destroy, devastate, shatter. See spoil.
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wreck   (rěk)   
n.  
  1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; destruction.
  2. Accidental destruction of a ship; a shipwreck.
    1. The stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship.
    2. Fragments of a ship or its cargo cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck; wreckage.
  4. The remains of something that has been wrecked or ruined.
  5. Something shattered or dilapidated.
  6. A person who is physically or mentally broken down or worn out.
v.   wrecked, wreck·ing, wrecks

v.   tr.
  1. To cause the destruction of in or as if in a collision.
  2. To dismantle or raze; tear down.
  3. To cause to undergo ruin or disaster. See Synonyms at blast, ruin. See Usage Note at wreak.
v.   intr.
  1. To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked.
  2. To work as a wrecker.

[Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrec, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rec, wreckage.]
wrecked   (rěkt)   
adj.   Slang
Drunk or intoxicated.
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