"wrecking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wreckings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrecking (plural wreckings)
  1. The act by which something is wrecked.
    Sense id: en-wrecking-en-noun-rSsLS1rz
  2. (obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrecking-en-noun-dXnMBG7y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wrecking amendment, wrecking ball, wrecking bar, wrecking car, wrecking pump, wrecking yard

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wrecking
  1. present participle and gerund of wreck Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wreck
    Sense id: en-wrecking-en-verb-7GZVU3pl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 22 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 23 73

Inflected forms

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