-kij, -kēj noun
( -s )
Etymology: wreck (II) + -age
1. : the act or process of wrecking or the state of being wrecked
its mutilated statues surviving the wreckage of centuries — Agnes Repplier
tried for alleged espionage, wreckage , counterrevolution — N.S.Timasheff
2.
a. : something that has been wrecked : the remains of a wreck
b. : fragments of wreck or of a wreck
c. : broken, disrupted, and disordered parts or material from a wrecked building or structure
3. : wretched or degraded beings cast off by society