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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Examples |
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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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