"wrecking" meaning in English

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        "present participle and gerund of wreck"
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      "word": "wrecking amendment"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wrecking ball"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wrecking bar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wrecking car"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wrecking pump"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wrecking yard"
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          "text": "The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.",
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        "The act by which something is wrecked."
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        "The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore."
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        "(obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore."
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      "word": "wrecking amendment"
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      "word": "wrecking ball"
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    {
      "word": "wrecking bar"
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    {
      "word": "wrecking car"
    },
    {
      "word": "wrecking pump"
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    {
      "word": "wrecking yard"
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