wrecker
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ər noun
1.
a person or thing that wrecks.
2.
a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks.
3.
4.
Also called housewrecker. a person whose business it is to demolish and remove houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use.
5.
a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels.
6.
a person who plunders wrecks, especially after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that ruins or destroys |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) a person whose job is to demolish buildings or dismantle cars |
| 3. | (formerly) a person who lures ships to destruction to plunder the wreckage |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) another word for tow truck |
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Example sentences
He said a lot of the franchise wrecker lots have to complete state mandated paperwork.
Camilla, vilified as a marriage wrecker, retreats from public view.
Working under extreme pressure is another writing wrecker.
Such parts may not be removed if they will be accepted by a scrap processor or wrecker.
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