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wreck
noun as in severe damage or something in a state of ruin
verb as in destroy, demolish, or ruin
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
Even with its impressive rainy-day fund, its state budget is a wreck.
Right now I’m much more casual about my hair being a wreck or whatever.
This one shows the percent of bottom-dwelling fish from each wreck that are roughly a certain length.
Ultimately, the design promises to reduce the profound rotational forces that slam brain tissue into the skull during a wreck.
The wreck occurred on the opening lap as drivers were making their first moves and Grosjean’s car made contact with Daniil Kyvat’s at the third turn of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Or for the first time, if you missed the glorious train-wreck that was the Sex Pistols.
Big Bird's honest reaction will emotionally wreck you in a way even The Fault in Our Stars can't.
Given such a multi-vehicle car wreck, voters have understandably tuned out and turnout is expected to be extremely low.
We love a train wreck because it makes us feel better about our own problems.
The first car wreck that followed is a funny story about our teenage years that we truly enjoy telling.
She saw in the chair a thin, broken figure, a drawn brown face, a wreck of a man.
An old horse, with traces hanging and harness a wreck, stands snorting beside the boy.
The gale still lasted, and the steamer was in momentary danger of becoming a complete wreck.
In passing round Cape Flinders, there appeared to be a considerable diminution in the remains of the Frederick's wreck.
Many years ago, while a clergyman on the coast of Cornwall was in the midst of his sermon, the alarm was given, A wreck!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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