"wreck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛk/, /ˈɹæk/ Audio: en-us-wreck.ogg Forms: wrecks [plural]
enPR: rĕk, răk Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrek}} Middle English wrek, {{der|en|xno|wrek}} Anglo-Norman wrek, {{der|en|non|*wrek}} Old Norse *wrek, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wrekaną}} Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, {{cog|ang|wrecan}} Old English wrecan, {{cog|en|wreak}} English wreak, {{cog|goh|rehhan}} Old High German rehhan, {{cog|osx|wrekan}} Old Saxon wrekan, {{cog|got|𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wreck (plural wrecks)
  1. Something or someone that has been ruined. Synonyms: basket case, mess
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-f1WjBjgz
  2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. Categories (topical): Violence Translations (remains): останки (ostanki) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), отломки (otlomki) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), 残骸 (cánhái) (Chinese Mandarin), vrak [masculine] (Czech), vrako (Esperanto), romu (Finnish), raato (Finnish), jäännökset (Finnish), hylky (Finnish), carcasse [feminine] (French), Wrack [neuter] (German), roncs (Hungarian), raakki (Ingrian), carcassa [feminine] (Italian), relitto [masculine] (Italian), carretta [feminine] (Italian), resti [masculine, plural] (Italian), rovine [feminine, plural] (Italian), colabrodo [masculine] (Italian), rottame [masculine] (Italian), 残骸 (zangai) (Japanese), оста́тоци (ostátoci) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), о́станки (óstanki) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), кр́нтија (kŕntija) [feminine] (Macedonian), vrak [neuter] (Norwegian), wrak [masculine] (Polish), destroço [masculine] (Portuguese), dărâmătură [feminine] (Romanian), ruină [feminine] (Romanian), òlupina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrak [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-7QUVjFu5 Disambiguation of Violence: 2 13 2 2 6 13 16 4 14 13 5 3 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with White Hmong translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 2 3 10 22 3 4 3 13 5 2 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 27 2 2 6 16 4 4 3 21 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 26 2 2 8 23 4 3 4 16 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 29 1 1 8 25 3 3 2 19 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 18 2 2 6 16 6 5 5 21 5 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 18 2 2 11 14 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 6 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 15 2 2 11 15 7 4 7 16 6 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 20 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 23 2 2 7 17 4 5 3 20 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 19 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 22 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 21 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 23 3 3 7 17 4 6 4 18 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 17 6 6 9 16 8 5 5 14 5 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 17 2 2 6 14 12 5 6 16 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 14 5 5 11 15 8 4 6 14 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 22 2 2 11 18 3 5 3 22 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 17 4 5 3 21 6 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 4 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 6 5 6 17 5 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 17 3 3 10 18 6 4 5 17 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 15 2 3 6 12 11 5 7 17 6 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 18 2 3 7 14 8 6 5 16 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 18 2 2 11 14 5 7 6 18 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 20 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 23 2 2 7 20 4 5 3 21 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with White Hmong translations: 1 26 1 1 6 22 3 3 2 26 2 1 6 Disambiguation of 'remains': 3 74 3 4 9 7
  3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-T~4xAL81
  4. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
    (specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-Ndtuqz4V Topics: nautical, transport
  5. (law, not countable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck. Categories (topical): Law Translations (ruined object or person): руина (ruina) (Bulgarian), развалина (razvalina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ruïna [feminine] (Catalan), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), wrak (Dutch), raunio (Finnish), ihmisraunio (Finnish), épave [feminine] (French), Wrack [neuter] (German), Schrott [masculine] (German), Schrotthaufen [masculine] (German), Schrottkiste [feminine] (German), relitto [masculine] (Italian), rottame [masculine] (Italian), 荒廃 (kōhai) (Japanese), 敗残 (haizan) (Japanese), ruină [feminine] (Romanian), epavă [feminine] (Romanian), cacharro [masculine] (Spanish), trasto [masculine] (Spanish), guiñapo [masculine] (Spanish), vrak [neuter] (Swedish), enkaz (Turkish), tsoo (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-yDJhSI7k Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 18 2 2 11 14 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 15 2 2 11 15 7 4 7 16 6 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 14 5 5 11 15 8 4 6 14 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 22 2 2 11 18 3 5 3 22 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 6 5 6 17 5 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 18 2 2 11 14 5 7 6 18 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'ruined object or person': 30 8 3 4 48 6
  6. (ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather. Categories (topical): Ornithology, Violence
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-noun-~6ZkwgX6 Disambiguation of Violence: 2 13 2 2 6 13 16 4 14 13 5 3 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with White Hmong translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 2 3 10 22 3 4 3 13 5 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 26 2 2 8 23 4 3 4 16 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 29 1 1 8 25 3 3 2 19 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 18 2 2 6 16 6 5 5 21 5 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 18 2 2 11 14 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 6 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 15 2 2 11 15 7 4 7 16 6 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 20 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 23 2 2 7 17 4 5 3 20 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 19 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 22 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 21 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 23 3 3 7 17 4 6 4 18 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 17 6 6 9 16 8 5 5 14 5 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 17 2 2 6 14 12 5 6 16 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 14 5 5 11 15 8 4 6 14 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 22 2 2 11 18 3 5 3 22 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 17 4 5 3 21 6 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 4 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 6 5 6 17 5 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 17 3 3 10 18 6 4 5 17 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 15 2 3 6 12 11 5 7 17 6 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 18 2 3 7 14 8 6 5 16 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 18 2 2 11 14 5 7 6 18 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 20 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 23 2 2 7 20 4 5 3 21 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with White Hmong translations: 1 26 1 1 6 22 3 3 2 26 2 1 6 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crash, ruins Translations (collision): تَصَادُّم (taṣāddum) [masculine] (Arabic), ава́рия (avárija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), botsing [feminine] (Dutch), törmäys (Finnish), yhteentörmäys (Finnish), kolari (Finnish), accident [masculine] (French), Zusammenstoß [masculine] (German), גרוטאה [feminine] (Hebrew), karambol (Hungarian), collisione [feminine] (Italian), disastro [masculine] (Italian), 衝突 (shōtotsu) (Japanese), 충돌 (chungdol) (Korean), хава́рија (havárija) [feminine] (Macedonian), choque [masculine] (Portuguese), accident [neuter] (Romanian), avarie [feminine] (Romanian), coliziune [feminine] (Romanian), ава́рия (avárija) [feminine] (Russian), choque [masculine] (Spanish), desastre [masculine] (Spanish), accidente [masculine] (Spanish), siniestro [masculine] (Spanish), colisión [feminine] (Spanish), paletazo [Cuba, masculine] (Spanish), sammanstötning [common-gender] (Swedish), krock [common-gender] (Swedish), krasch [common-gender] (Swedish), tsoo (White Hmong)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɛk/, /ˈɹæk/ Audio: en-us-wreck.ogg Forms: wrecks [present, singular, third-person], wrecking [participle, present], wrecked [participle, past], wrecked [past]
enPR: rĕk, răk Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrek}} Middle English wrek, {{der|en|xno|wrek}} Anglo-Norman wrek, {{der|en|non|*wrek}} Old Norse *wrek, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wrekaną}} Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, {{cog|ang|wrecan}} Old English wrecan, {{cog|en|wreak}} English wreak, {{cog|goh|rehhan}} Old High German rehhan, {{cog|osx|wrekan}} Old Saxon wrekan, {{cog|got|𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wreck (third-person singular simple present wrecks, present participle wrecking, simple past and past participle wrecked)
  1. (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Violence Translations (to cause severe damage): разбивам (razbivam) (Bulgarian), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), beschadigen (Dutch), slopen (Dutch), detrui (Esperanto), ruinigi (Esperanto), tuhota (Finnish), särkeä (Finnish), romuttaa (Finnish), bousiller (French), ruiner (French), καταστρέφω (katastréfo) (Greek), naufrajigar (Ido), distruggere (Italian), 破壊する (hakai suru) (Japanese), 打ち壊す (buchikowasu) (Japanese), めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) (Japanese), بالطهلامق (baltalamak) (Ottoman Turkish), distruge (Romanian), avaria (Romanian), arruinar (Spanish), destruir (Spanish), fördärva (Swedish), krascha (Swedish), tsoo (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-en:destroy Disambiguation of Violence: 2 13 2 2 6 13 16 4 14 13 5 3 9 Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 17 2 2 6 14 12 5 6 16 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 15 2 3 6 12 11 5 7 17 6 3 10 Disambiguation of 'to cause severe damage': 54 2 1 1 40 1 1
  2. (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate. Tags: transitive Translations (to ruin): dağıtmaq (Azerbaijani), hondatu (Basque), руинирам (ruiniram) (Bulgarian), унищожавам (uništožavam) (Bulgarian), arruinar (Catalan), 毁掉 (huǐdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), ruïneren (Dutch), verwoesten (Dutch), detrui (Esperanto), tuhota (Finnish), särkeä (Finnish), ruiner (French), arruinar (Galician), καταστρέφω (katastréfo) (Greek), rombol (Hungarian), rovinare (Italian), 荒廃させる (kōhai saseru) (Japanese), 打ち壊す (buchikowasu) (Japanese), めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) (Japanese), perdō (Latin), estragar (Portuguese), ruina (Romanian), părăgini (Romanian), dărăpăna (Romanian), разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), arruinar (Spanish), grusa (Swedish), harap etmek (Turkish), viran etmek (Turkish), tsoo (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-AoD2nrX9 Disambiguation of 'to ruin': 12 44 2 3 35 2 2
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To plunder goods from wrecked ships. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-SA-DQBxz Disambiguation of Violence: 2 13 2 2 6 13 16 4 14 13 5 3 9
  4. (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. Tags: Australia, transitive Categories (topical): Violence Translations (to dismantle wrecked objects): ontmantelen (Dutch), romuttaa (Finnish), smantellare (Italian), 解体する (kaitai suru) (Japanese), ばらす (barasu) (Japanese), skrota (Swedish), tsoo (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-y-jXhuie Disambiguation of Violence: 2 13 2 2 6 13 16 4 14 13 5 3 9 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with White Hmong translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 2 3 10 22 3 4 3 13 5 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 26 2 2 8 23 4 3 4 16 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 29 1 1 8 25 3 3 2 19 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 18 2 2 6 16 6 5 5 21 5 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 18 2 2 11 14 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 6 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 18 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 15 2 2 11 15 7 4 7 16 6 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 20 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 23 2 2 7 17 4 5 3 20 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 5 19 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 22 2 3 8 16 5 6 4 17 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 21 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 23 3 3 7 17 4 6 4 18 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 2 17 6 6 9 16 8 5 5 14 5 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 17 2 2 6 14 12 5 6 16 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 14 5 5 11 15 8 4 6 14 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 22 2 2 11 18 3 5 3 22 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 3 21 2 3 7 17 4 5 3 21 6 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 22 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 20 2 3 7 15 5 5 4 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 20 6 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 6 5 6 17 5 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 17 3 3 10 18 6 4 5 17 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 15 2 3 6 12 11 5 7 17 6 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 18 2 3 7 14 8 6 5 16 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 18 2 2 11 14 5 7 6 18 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 19 2 3 7 16 6 5 5 20 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 24 2 2 7 18 4 5 3 22 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 18 2 2 11 15 5 5 6 18 5 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 23 2 2 7 20 4 5 3 21 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 19 2 2 7 16 5 5 5 19 5 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with White Hmong translations: 1 26 1 1 6 22 3 3 2 26 2 1 6 Disambiguation of 'to dismantle wrecked objects': 4 4 16 67 4 3 2
  5. (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-QS983c40
  6. (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-qr8VACvg
  7. (transitive, formal, Canada, US) To cease or dissolve a friendship or with someone. Tags: Canada, US, formal, transitive
    Sense id: en-wreck-en-verb-gdE~69q2 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 15 2 3 6 12 11 5 7 17 6 3 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bewreck, check yourself before you wreck yourself, wreckage, wrecker, wreck the hoose juice

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "car wreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "catch wreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nerve-wreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nervous wreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shipwreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "train wreck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck car"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck grab"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck havoc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck of the Hesperus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck shop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wreck yard"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wrek"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wrek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "wrek"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman wrek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "*wrek"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse *wrek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wrekaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrekaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wrecan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wrecan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wreak"
      },
      "expansion": "English wreak",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "rehhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German rehhan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wrekan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wrekan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "word": "build"
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          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
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          "sense": "to ruin",
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          "sense": "to ruin",
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          "sense": "to ruin",
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          "sense": "to ruin",
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      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "carcasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Wrack"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "word": "roncs"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "word": "raakki"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carretta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "resti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "rovine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colabrodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rottame"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zangai",
      "sense": "remains",
      "word": "残骸"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ostátoci",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstanki",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "о́станки"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kŕntija",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кр́нтија"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vrak"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "destroço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dărâmătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruină"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "òlupina"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "remains",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taṣāddum",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَصَادُّم"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avárija",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ава́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pèngzhuàng",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "碰撞"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "botsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "törmäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "yhteentörmäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "kolari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accident"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenstoß"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גרוטאה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "karambol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "collisione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōtotsu",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "衝突"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chungdol",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "충돌"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "havárija",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хава́рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "accident"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coliziune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avárija",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ава́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choque"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desastre"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accidente"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siniestro"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paletazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sammanstötning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krock"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "collision",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krasch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "collision",
      "word": "tsoo"
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}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "build"
    },
    {
      "word": "construct"
    },
    {
      "word": "make"
    },
    {
      "word": "produce"
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with White Hmong translations",
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    {
      "word": "bewreck"
    },
    {
      "word": "check yourself before you wreck yourself"
    },
    {
      "word": "wreckage"
    },
    {
      "word": "wrecker"
    },
    {
      "word": "wreck the hoose juice"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "wrek"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "*wrek"
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "wreak"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "rehhan"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan)",
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    {
      "form": "wrecks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrecking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "wrecked",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He wrecked the car in a collision.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.",
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        }
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        "To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless."
      ],
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        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "violently",
          "violently"
        ],
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless."
      ],
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        "en:destroy"
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To ruin or dilapidate."
      ],
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        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
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          "dilapidate",
          "dilapidate"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To ruin or dilapidate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plunder goods from wrecked ships."
      ],
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        [
          "plunder",
          "plunder"
        ],
        [
          "goods",
          "goods"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To plunder goods from wrecked ships."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Australian English",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English intransitive verbs",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2020, Marti Talbott, McShane's Bride, page 112:",
          "text": "[…] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed."
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        "(intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English formal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sam was very sad because his friend, Geneva, just wrecked him"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cease or dissolve a friendship or with someone."
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        [
          "friendship",
          "friendship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, formal, Canada, US) To cease or dissolve a friendship or with someone."
      ],
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        "Canada",
        "US",
        "formal",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "enpr": "rĕk"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛk/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛk"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "răk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæk/"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbivam",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "разбивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "beschadigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "slopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "detrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "ruinigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "tuhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "särkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "romuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "bousiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "ruiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katastréfo",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "καταστρέφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "naufrajigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "distruggere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakai suru",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "破壊する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buchikowasu",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "打ち壊す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mechamecha ni suru",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "めちゃめちゃにする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "baltalamak",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "بالطهلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "distruge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "avaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "arruinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "destruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "fördärva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "krascha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "to cause severe damage",
      "word": "tsoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "dağıtmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "hondatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruiniram",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "руинирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uništožavam",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "унищожавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "arruinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǐdiào",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "毁掉"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "ruïneren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "verwoesten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "detrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "tuhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "särkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "ruiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "arruinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katastréfo",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "καταστρέφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "rombol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "rovinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōhai saseru",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "荒廃させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buchikowasu",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "打ち壊す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mechamecha ni suru",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "めちゃめちゃにする"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "perdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "estragar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "ruina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "părăgini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "dărăpăna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušátʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разруша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrúšitʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разру́шить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "arruinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "grusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "harap etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "viran etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "to ruin",
      "word": "tsoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "ontmantelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "romuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "smantellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaitai suru",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "解体する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "barasu",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "ばらす"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "skrota"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "to dismantle wrecked objects",
      "word": "tsoo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wreck"
}

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