| Main Entry: |
wreck |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bash, batter,
beach,
break, capsize, crack up, crash,
cripple, dash,
decimate,
demolish,
devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface,
founder,
impair, injure, mangle,
mar,
mess up*, pile up, put out of commission,
ravage,
raze, run aground,
sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck,
sink, smash, smash up,
spoil, strand,
subvert, take apart,
take out, tear up, torpedo, total*,
trash*,
undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack
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| Notes: |
wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
Antonyms: |
build, create, repair
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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