Synonyms of wrecking

wrecking 1 of 2

noun

as in wreck

the destruction or loss of a ship

the wrecking of the freighter was one of the worst disasters ever on the Great Lakes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wreck
• sinking
• shipwreck
• shipwrecking
• wreckage
• stranding
• beaching
• grounding
• foundering
• scuttling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovery
• salvage
• salvaging

wrecking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wreck

1

as in scuttling

to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking

many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scuttling
• stranding
• shipwrecking
• foundering
• beaching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovering
• salvaging

2

as in destroying

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• ruining
• demolishing
• shattering
• devastating
• smashing
• damaging
• overcoming
• wasting
• annihilating
• eroding
• decimating
• extinguishing
• pulverizing
• ravaging
• marring
• razing
• vaporizing
• crippling
• dismantling
• totalling
• crushing
• killing
• wracking
• totaling
• blasting
• breaking
• creaming
• tearing down
• defeating
• removing
• nuking
• pulling down
• injuring
• doing in
• desolating
• subduing
• spoiling
• harming
• impairing
• conquering
• disintegrating
• deteriorating
• trimming
• licking
• mutilating
• rubbing out
• mastering
• clobbering
• whipping
• dynamiting
• mangling
• defacing
• prevailing (over)
• routing
• dissolving
• disfiguring
• surmounting
• eradicating
• thrashing
• obliterating
• winning (against)
• undoing
• plundering
• gutting
• scouring
• beating
• vandalizing
• walloping
• wearing (away)
• slaughtering
• disassembling
• besting
• murdering
• vitiating
• exterminating
• triumphing (over)
• sweeping (away)
• assassinating
• sacking
• looting
• despoiling
• trashing
• expunging
• trampling
• trouncing
• liquidating
• extirpating
• pillaging
• executing
• blowing up
• scotching
• effacing
• massacring
• overmatching
• washing out
• wiping out
• overbearing
• drubbing
• dispatching
• taking down
• slaying
• zapping
• butchering
• cutting down
• stamping (out)
• dilapidating
• unmaking
• blotting out
• unbuilding
• rooting (out)
• felling
• skunking
• killing off
• snuffing (out)
• mowing (down)
• taking out
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• repairing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• fixing
• rearing
• setting up
• producing
• making
• forming
• putting up
• inventing
• shaping
• manufacturing
• assembling
• establishing
• forging
• protecting
• organizing
• fashioning
• framing
• revamping
• preserving
• patching
• saving
• reconditioning
• mending
• molding
• fabricating
• constituting
• instituting
• restoring
• rebuilding
• doctoring
• founding
• conserving
• bringing about
• reconstructing
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

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Verb

Apart from wrecking the planet, methane poses a significant fire hazard. —Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024