Wreck vs. Destroy
Wrecknoun
Something or someone that has been ruined.
Wrecknoun
The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
Wrecknoun
An event in which something is damaged through collision.
Wrecknoun
(legal) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
Wreckverb
To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
Wreckverb
To ruin or dilapidate.
Wreckverb
(Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
Wreckverb
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
Wreckverb
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wreckverb
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
Wreckverb
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
Wreckverb
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
Wreckverb
To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreckverb
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
Wrecknoun
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
Wrecknoun
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
Wrecknoun
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
Wrecknoun
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Wrecknoun
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
Wrecknoun
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation;
Wrecknoun
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
Wrecknoun
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
Wrecknoun
a ship that has been destroyed at sea
Wreckverb
smash or break forcefully;
Wrecknoun
the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck
Wrecknoun
a ship destroyed at sea
Wrecknoun
goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck
Wrecknoun
something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed
Wrecknoun
a road or rail crash
Wrecknoun
a person whose physical or mental health or strength has failed
Wreckverb
cause the destruction of (a ship) by sinking or breaking up
Wreckverb
involve (someone) in a shipwreck
Wreckverb
cause the destruction of a ship in order to steal the cargo
Wreckverb
suffer or undergo shipwreck
Wreckverb
destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar)
Wreckverb
spoil completely
Wreckverb
engage in breaking up badly damaged vehicles or demolishing old buildings to obtain usable spares or scrap.
Destroyverb
(transitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
Destroyverb
(intransitive) To cause destruction.
Destroyverb
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Destroyverb
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.
Destroyverb
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
Destroyverb
To defeat soundly.
Destroyverb
To remove data.
Destroyverb
To sing a song poorly.
Destroyverb
To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Destroyverb
To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Destroyverb
To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
Destroyverb
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of;
Destroyverb
destroy completely; damage irreparably;
Destroyverb
defeat soundly;
Destroyverb
as of animals;
