| VERB | contact | wreck, bust up, wrack | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
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| NOUN | state | wreck | something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation |
| event | wreck, shipwreck | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | |
| event | wreck, crash | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | |
| artifact | wreck | a ship that has been destroyed at sea |
| Sounds | reh'k | |
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| Rhymes | Aztec ... Vasotec: 41 rhymes with ehk... | |
| Meaning | Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation. | |
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| Broader | decline, declination | A condition inferior to an earlier condition |
| Spanish | cacharro | |
| Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
| Meaning | An accident that destroys a ship at sea. | |
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| Synonym | shipwreck | |
| Narrower | capsizing | (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water |
| Broader | accident | An unfortunate mishap |
| Spanish | naufragio | |
| Catalan | naufragi | |
| Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
| Meaning | A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). | |
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| Synonym | crash | |
| Narrower | prang | A crash involving a car or plane |
| Broader | accident | An unfortunate mishap |
| Spanish | choque | |
| Catalan | topada, xoc | |
| Meaning | A ship that has been destroyed at sea. | |
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| Broader | ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
| Spanish | buque hundido, buque naufragado | |
| Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
| Meaning | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bust up, wrack | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | arruinar, desbaratar, desintegrar, destrozar, destruir, estropear | |
| Catalan | desbaratar, destrossar, espatllar | |
| Nouns | wreck | a ship that has been destroyed at sea |
| wreck | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | |
| wreck | something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation | |
| wreckage | the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | |
| wrecker | a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) | |
| wrecker | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks / wrecks | |
| wrecker | someone who demolishes or dismantles / dismantles buildings as a job | |
| wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | |
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