wrecked

Example Sentences

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The failure wrecked the Scottish economy, propelling the country into a union with England a few years later, which is how the modern-day U.K. was born.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Not only are lines of communication wrecked; the very idea of a secure rear is fading,” the former head of Ukraine’s military and currently its ambassador to the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal

The 28-year-old was in great form on the British and Irish Lions tour before injury wrecked his dream of making the Test team.

From BBC

Dame Vera added: "She saw herself as an ordinary woman speaking for ordinary people whose lives get wrecked by criminal behaviour and who are not given the support they should get to cope and recover."

From BBC

Pictures from the scene of the crash show the wrecked bus at the bottom of a steep ravine - its windows completely shattered, bodywork badly damaged and roof caved in.

From BBC