any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.

wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore.

the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.

a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.

the ruin or destruction of anything

the wreck of one's hopes.

a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally

The strain of his work left him a wreck.

to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.

to involve in a wreck.

to cause the ruin or destruction of

to wreck a car.

to tear down; demolish

to wreck a building.

to ruin or impair severely

Fast living wrecked their health.

to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked

The trains wrecked at the crossing.

to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.

noun

creation

verb

build , create , repair

noun

collapse , crash , crate , debacle , debris , derelict , destruction , devastation , disruption , fender bender * , heap * , hulk * , jalopy * , junk * , junker , litter , mess , pile-up , rear-ender , relic , ruin , ruins , shipwreck , smashup * , total * , waste , wreckagenotes:wreak means to cause something , especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something , bane , havoc , ruination , undoing , wrack , wreckage , smash , smashup , breakdown , rubble

verb

bash , batter , beach , break , capsize , crack up * , crash , cripple , dash , decimate , demolish , devastate , dilapidate , disable , do in * , efface , founder , impair , injure , mangle , mar , mess up * , pile up * , put out of commission , ravage , raze , run aground , sabotage , scuttle , shatter , shipwreck , sink , smash , smash up , spoil , strand , subvert , take apart , take out , tear up , torpedo * , total * , trash * , undermine , vandalize , wrack * , wrack upnotes:wreak means to cause something , especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something , bankrupt , break down , cross up , finish , ruin , torpedo , undo , wash up , wrack , dismantle , dynamite , knock down , level , pull down , pulverize , tear down , clunker , collapse , damage , destroy , destruction , devastation , hulk , jalopy , junker , pileup , ruins , smashup , total