WRECK


Meaning of WRECK in English

n.

Function: transitive verb

Date: 14th century

1 : to cast ashore

2 a : to reduce to a ruinous state by or as if by violence <a country wreck ed by war> <ambition wreck ed his marriage> b : SHIPWRECK c : to ruin, damage, or imperil by a wreck < wreck ed the car>

3 : BRING ABOUT , WREAK < wreck havoc>

intransitive verb

1 : to become wrecked

2 : to rob, salvage, or repair wreckage or a wreck

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.