WRECK

I. noun Etymology: Middle English wrek, from Anglo-French, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rek ~; akin to Old English wrecan to drive Date: 12th century something cast up on the land by the sea especially after a ship~, 2. ship~ , the action of ~ing or fact or state of being ~ed ; destruction , a violent and destructive crash , 3. a hulk or the ruins of a ~ed ship, the broken remains of something ~ed or otherwise ruined, something disabled or in a state of ruin or dilapidation , II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to cast ashore, 2. to reduce to a ruinous state by or as if by violence , ship~ , to ruin, damage, or imperil by a ~ , bring about , wreak , intransitive verb to become ~ed, to rob, salvage, or repair ~age or a ~