wreck
verb/rek/
/rek/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wreck | /rek/ /rek/ |
| he / she / it wrecks | /reks/ /reks/ |
| past simple wrecked | /rekt/ /rekt/ |
| past participle wrecked | /rekt/ /rekt/ |
| -ing form wrecking | /ˈrekɪŋ/ /ˈrekɪŋ/ |
- wreck something to damage or destroy something
- A bomb completely wrecked the building.
- The building had been wrecked by the explosion.
- The road was littered with wrecked cars.
- youths who steal and wreck fast cars
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
- try to
- want to
- threaten to
- …
- wreck something to cause something to fail completely
- The weather wrecked all our plans.
- A serious injury nearly wrecked his career.
Extra Examples- Their lives had been wrecked by neglect and abuse.
- His affair wrecked our marriage.
- A serious injury in 2006 threatened to wreck his career.
- a crisis that threatens to wreck the peace talks
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
- try to
- want to
- threaten to
- …
- [usually passive] to damage a ship so much that it sinks or can no longer sail
- be wrecked The ship was wrecked off the coast of France.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to wreak.
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