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• present participle of wreck.

wrecking

American  

[rek-ing] / ˈrɛk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act, work, or business of a wrecker.

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adjective

1. employed or for use in wrecking.

   a wrecking crew.

Etymology

Origin of wrecking

First recorded in 1795–1805; wreck + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Companies that are too quick to lay off workers on the assumption that AI can do their jobs risk wrecking their future competitiveness in two ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

They’ll be digging into why money stress is wrecking your life — and how to fix it.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

His most important task was to oversee the transformation of basketball’s best young prospect into an all-out wrecking ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Once upon a time in California, I went to the Orange County fairgrounds to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger give the signal for a wrecking ball to drop onto a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For four years his force wandered through what are now Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, looking for gold and wrecking most everything it touched.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann