Definition of wreckage
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Examples of wreckage in a Sentence
Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
They cleared the wreckage from the track.
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The wreckage offered tangible evidence of the terrible fate that befell the plane, which had been launched into the sky with high hopes during the final years of WWII.
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The Marines said the plane was carrying personal weapons and small-arms ammunition — equipment that may have contributed to the explosion and the popping that could be heard as the wreckage burned.
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The Marines said the plane was carrying personal weapons and small-arms ammunition — equipment that may have contributed to the explosion and the popping that could be heard as the wreckage burned.
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The wreckage was removed from the area and taken to another location for further investigation by NTSB officials, according to a news release.
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The man and woman who fled the wreckage had not been located Sunday.
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The male pilot and his fiancé — who are in their 50s and 60s — were alive when an off-duty firefighter pulled them from the fiery wreckage, Orange County Fire Capt.
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In its place stood the burned out wreckage of that once delightful kingdom.
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The political wreckage from Theresa May’s election gambit keeps growing.
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First Known Use of wreckage
1837
WRECKAGE Defined for English Language Learners
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: the broken parts of a vehicle, building, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
WRECKAGE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of wreckage for Students
1 : the remains of a wreck I therefore set out … to search for whatever wreckage the waves had washed ashore. — Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
2 : the act of wrecking : the state of being wrecked
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