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- [rek-ing]
- /ˈrɛk ɪŋ/
- /rek/
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- [rek-ing]
- /ˈrɛk ɪŋ/
Definitions of wrecking word
- noun wrecking any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. 1
- noun wrecking wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore. 1
- noun wrecking the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. 1
- noun wrecking a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc. 1
- noun wrecking the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes. 1
- noun wrecking a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck. 1
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Origin of wrecking
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805; wreck + -ing1
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Parts of speech for Wrecking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wrecking popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for wrecking
noun wrecking
- vandalism — the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
adjective wrecking
- bashing — a crushing blow.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- ruining — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
Antonyms for wrecking
noun wrecking
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
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