wreck
noun
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
will wreck
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future tenseof wreck.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Restaurant owners in White Salmon have warned that the lack of affordable housing will wreck many small businesses and, in the long run, upend the town’s tourism industry.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
Because U-turning would have made me feel like a failure, and I never know which failure will wreck me.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
The union claims the new rotas will wreck members' work-life balance, but transport bosses have called the strike "unnecessary action".
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2021
Scientists have found that the wall will wreck migration patterns, bisecting the geographic range of 1,506 native animals and plants, including 62 critically endangered species.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2020
That is the little action she has tossed into the sea of life, and the ripples will wreck a boat or two now snug and safe in a cheap and happy home many miles away.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
