Main Entry:

²wreck

Function:

verb

Date:

14th century

transitive verb

1: to cast ashore2 a: to reduce to a ruinous state by or as if by violence <a country wrecked by war> <ambition wrecked his marriage> b: shipwreck c: to ruin, damage, or imperil by a wreck <wrecked the car>3: bring about, wreak <wreck havoc>intransitive verb1: to become wrecked2: to rob, salvage, or repair wreckage or a wreck