wreckful

[ rek-fuhl ]
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adjectiveArchaic.
  1. causing wreckage.

Origin of wreckful

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; wreck + -ful

Words Nearby wreckful

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How to use wreckful in a sentence

  • I saw that whilst I had imagined my 'mountain to stand strong,' it was yet heaving with the wreckful fire.

    Discipline | Mary Brunton

British Dictionary definitions for wreckful

wreckful

/ (ˈrɛkfʊl) /


adjective
  1. poetic causing wreckage

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