wreck
noun
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
Example Sentences
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There are hundreds of wrecks in the area, and the Mediterranean Archaelogy Association specialises in finding and studying them.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"The Germans are further ahead with this than we are in Denmark. They sometimes retrieve explosives from the wrecks and neutralize them, but doing so is very costly," she notes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-proclaimed anxious wrecks and the freest of spirits.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Readers will find engrossing case studies of well-known disasters such as the Titanic and the USS Indianapolis, as well as sections on bygone Viking wrecks and the mysterious “ghost ships” of seafaring lore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Hideous wrecks were referred to as “spills”; jockeys hurled into the ground were “unseated.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
