a person or thing that wrecks.

a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks.

Also called tow car , tow truck. a vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus for hoisting and pulling, used to tow wrecked, disabled, or stalled automobiles.

Also called housewrecker. a person whose business it is to demolish and remove houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use.

a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels.

a person who plunders wrecks, esp. after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks.

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bane , destroyer , destruction , downfall , ruination , undoing