Main Entry: ²wreck

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to cast ashore
2 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 verb 1 : to become wrecked
2 : to rob, salvage, or repair wreckage or a wreck