WRECKAGE

[noun] [U]Wreckage is a badly damaged object or the separated parts of a badly damaged object.Eighty people on the boat survived, but the rest died in the water or were trapped in the wreckage.The wreckage, scattered over a wide area, was all that was left of a sports car which had careered out of control.It took firemen three hours to bring out the dead and injured because they were hampered by wreckage and smoke.Wreckage is also what is left of something that has been spoiled or that has failed.At last there is some hope for those left clinging to the wreckage of small businesses.