wreck

wreck
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noun
1 of a ship
VERB + WRECK
discover, find, locate

Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.

explore
raise, salvage

They're going to try and raise the wreck from the sea bed.

salvage sth from
PREPOSITION
in a/the wreck

They are worried about the oil still in the wreck.

on a/the wreck

Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck.

wreck of

the wreck of the Titanic

2 of a car/plane
ADJECTIVE
total
crumpled
blazing, burning

Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck.

VERB + WRECK
be trapped in

Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.

escape, escape from
3 (esp. AmE) accident
ADJECTIVE
car, train
VERB + WRECK
cause
survive
PHRASES
like watching a car wreck, like watching a train wreck

His attempts at damage control are like watching a car wreck.

a train wreck waiting to happen (= is likely to be a disaster)

The campaign is a train wreck waiting to happen.

4 of a person
ADJECTIVE
absolute, complete, total
emotional, nervous

The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.

gibbering, quivering

I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews.

physical
VERB + WRECK
feel, look (both esp. BrE)

I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck.

reduce sb to (esp. BrE)
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verb
ADVERB
completely, totally

A bomb completely wrecked the building.

almost, nearly
effectively (esp. BrE)
VERB + WRECK
try to, want to
threaten to

a crisis that threatens to wreck the peace talks

Wreck is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑vandal
Wreck is used with these nouns as the object: ↑car, ↑career, ↑economy, ↑friendship, ↑hope, ↑prospect

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • Wreck — Wreck, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak, adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw off, Icel. rek a thing drifted ashore, Sw. vrak refuse, a wreck, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wreck — (engl. Wrack) steht für Wreck (Band), USA Big Wreck, US Band Siehe auch Fat Wreck Chords Star Wreck Wreck Island Shipwreck …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wreck — Wreck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrecking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wreck — Ⅰ. wreck UK US /rek/ verb [T] ► to destroy or badly damage something: »Several protesters set out to wreck the company s headquarters. ► to spoil a chance, plan, etc.: be wrecked by sth »The deal was wrecked by the recent turmoil in the debt… …   Financial and business terms

  • wreck — wreck·age; wreck·er; wreck·ful; wreck; ship·wreck; …   English syllables

  • Wreck — Wreck, v. i. 1. To suffer wreck or ruin. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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