wreck in English: A car, ship, or plane that is so badly damaged it cannot be used; to wreck something is to destroy it. (noun)

Translation

A car, ship, or plane that is so badly damaged it cannot be used; to wreck something is to destroy it.

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman wrec, from Old Norse reka, meaning to drive: a wreck was whatever the sea drove onto the shore.

Gender

Pluralwrecks

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A wreck is what is left after something is badly damaged.

Divers .

A sunken or broken ship is called a wreck.

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As a verb, to wreck something means to damage it so badly it is useless.

crash

An accident in which a car, a train, or a plane hits something hard.

destroy

To break or damage something so badly that it cannot be used or repaired.

ruin

To spoil something completely, so that it is no longer any good.

ship

A very large boat that carries people or goods across the sea.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

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