n. 25B6; noun
salvage teams landed on the wreck : SHIPWRECK, sunken ship, derelict; shell, hull.
the wreck of a stolen car : WRECKAGE, debris, remainder, ruins, remains.
25B6; verb
he had wrecked her car : DEMOLISH, crash, smash up, damage, destroy; vandalize, deface, desecrate, write off; N. Amer. informal trash, total.
his ship was wrecked : SHIPWRECK, sink, capsize, run aground.
the crisis wrecked his plans : RUIN, spoil, disrupt, undo, put a stop to, frustrate, blight, crush, quash, dash, destroy, scotch, shatter, devastate, sabotage; informal mess up, screw up, foul up, put paid to, stymie, put the kibosh on, nix; Brit. informal scupper, dish.