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as in wreckage
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
found the wreck of the ship lying on the floor of the ocean
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as in collision
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks
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as in to ruin
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Recent Examples of wreck
David Axe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Slowly, the wreck ascended as pipe sections were removed and stowed on the ship.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
Before your visit, read up on the deadly Great Blizzard of 1888 in which more than 200 ships were either grounded or wrecked on the East Coast.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Most of the 14 or so wrecks are the usual types, including old T-62 tanks and MT-LB armored tractors.
—David Axe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Slowly, the wreck ascended as pipe sections were removed and stowed on the ship.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
An investigation shows a Chevrolet 1500 wrecked on the exit ramp overpass and became disabled, blocking part of the right lane, police said in a news release.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
Before your visit, read up on the deadly Great Blizzard of 1888 in which more than 200 ships were either grounded or wrecked on the East Coast.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 26 Dec. 2024
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In 1988, Swire’s daughter was one of 270 people killed in the bombing of an American jetliner, Pan Am Flight 103, the wreckage of which crashed in the remote Scottish town of Lockerbie.Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Instead, audiences are left to gawk at the wreckage.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
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In October, the NHTSA opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD) software after four collisions were reported, including a fatal 2023 crash.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Spoofing these systems to report incorrect location data could affect aircraft in flight—increasing the risk of collisions, forcing crews to execute additional maneuvers and generating false alarms.Eric Updyke, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must adapt to the harsh surroundings.Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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His new film concerns a robot (voiced by Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o) who gets shipwrecked on an island inhabited by woodland creatures.Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Well, Neptune and his Wildcats might just be ruining the convenient narrative.CJ Moore, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Inspectors noted that dish racks had deteriorated with significant debris buildup.Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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For example, the speck-on-a-map village of Brienz in the Swiss Alps, east of Mont Blanc, finds itself in the path of a disintegrating mountainside consisting of 42 million cubic feet of debris.Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs looked out of sorts and part of that can be attributed to the car crash involving Britt Reid, who was a Chiefs assistant at the time, just days before the game.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Herald’s investigation also revealed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the state agency that investigated the crash, early on ruled out alcohol as a factor in the accident.Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hezbollah has been a major roadblock, scuttling votes by walking out of the chamber.Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca City near the Red Planet's south pole.Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Now, after two major wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and left at least two dozen dead in and around Los Angeles, the state’s wildfire fund would face its first major test if another utility is found liable for sparking the blazes.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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At least 25 people have so far been killed and at least 16 are missing in the wildfires, which have destroyed over 12,300 structures.Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Wreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreck. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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