NOUN | person | wrecker | someone who demolishes or dismantles / dismantles buildings as a job |
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person | wrecker, saboteur, diversionist | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks / wrecks | |
artifact | wrecker, tow truck, tow car | a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) |
Sounds | reh'ker | |
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Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... |
Meaning | someone who demolishes or dismantles / dismantles buildings as a job. | |
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Narrower | housewrecker, housebreaker | A wrecker of houses |
knacker | someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them | |
Broader | laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack | someone who works with their hands |
Spanish | demoledor, destructor | |
Catalan | demolidor, destructor | |
Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
Meaning | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks / wrecks. | |
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Synonyms | saboteur, diversionist | |
Narrower | sleeper | A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal |
Broader | destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter | A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to |
Spanish | saboteador | |
Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
Meaning | A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones). | |
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Synonyms | tow truck, tow car | |
Broader | truck, motortruck | An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
Spanish | camión de auxilio, grúa, remolque | |
Catalan | grua | |
Verbs | wreck | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
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