wreckage
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The strikes caused lasting damage to some facilities but nothing nearly as comprehensive as the wreckage in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s pugnacious parliament speaker, continued his now-daily trolling of the Trump administration, posting a picture depicting the smoking wreckage of what appeared to be two planes and two helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
The Hercules aircraft went down shortly after departure from Puerto Leguizamo, near the southern border with Ecuador, strewing burning wreckage on the jungle floor.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Tommy Thompson, 73, discovered millions of dollars' worth of sunken treasure from the 1857 wreckage of the SS Central America, also known as the Ship of Gold, off the coast of South Carolina in 1988.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
He and Abby weren’t really sitting alone in the wreckage of Magpie Campground, next to what used to be their camper.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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