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as in devastation
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the wreckage of those ancient statues represents a great loss to the art world
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as in rubble
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
the wreckage of the cathedral was kept as a memorial and as a reminder of war's terrible cost
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Recent Examples of wreckage
She was found buried in the wreckage and required extensive treatment for burns and fractures.
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Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
On the form, an adjuster had written that the Christina Nilsson’s wreckage was located on the northeast side of Old Baileys Harbor Lighthouse.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
Sole apparent survivor of Air India crash walks away from wreckage
If a plane's tail section sheers off, a seat closer to the front will typically be safer.
—Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 14 June 2025
According to Braithwaite, this relative position in relation to the wreckage may have been a key factor.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
On the form, an adjuster had written that the Christina Nilsson’s wreckage was located on the northeast side of Old Baileys Harbor Lighthouse.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
Sole apparent survivor of Air India crash walks away from wreckage
If a plane's tail section sheers off, a seat closer to the front will typically be safer.
—Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 14 June 2025
According to Braithwaite, this relative position in relation to the wreckage may have been a key factor.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreckage
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On Wednesday, emergency workers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian attack earlier this week, raising the death toll from the strike on the capital to 28.—
James Jordan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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On Tuesday, a man had waited hours there for his 31-year-old son’s body to be pulled from the rubble.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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Leave the innocents, the children, the ones who just want to live a simple life, out of the bombing and destruction.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The trauma of witnessing such destruction informed her later activism, her insistence on performing for integrated audiences, and her rejection of American racial constraints.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Chavez's action on that night left the crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, showering the ring with debris.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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After 9/11, undocumented immigrants were tasked with cleaning up the debris of the World Trade Center, as Karla Cornejo Villavicencio showed in her book The Undocumented Americans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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All lanes of eastbound I-70 were closed for about 2 1/2 hours while police investigated the fatal wreck.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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Beyond the anemones, the wreck is bursting with other marine life, hosting species like Cabezon, Lingcod, and Quillback rockfish.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The narrow streets bend, wrap back on themselves, and otherwise create directional havoc.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2025
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The consent decree clears a major hurdle for the Omnicom-IPG deal, with the companies seeking to merge as artificial intelligence prepares to wreck havoc across the industry.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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The deal in question will see major revitalization of the state’s highway service plazas over the next several years, with several of the rest stop facilities scheduled for outright demolition and reconstruction.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
18 June 2025
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Not trophy assets but entire trophy cabinets—many of which, curiously, were once owned by the great robber barons of the 19th and 20th centuries, and almost all of which have a knack for irking neighbors with their various adjustments, demolitions, and surgical tweaks.—
CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP,
Air Mail,
14 June 2025
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In June 2023, five people hoping to catch an up-close and personal glimpse of the Titanic shipwreck descended in a 22-foot-long, 25,000-pound submersible made of titanium and carbon fiber.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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There are deep shipwrecks, big waves, and surf culture on the Atlantic side, and sugar-white sand and eco paradises filled with mangroves and wildlife on the west side.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2025
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Israel has also sustained losses, with officials saying that more than 24 people in Israel have been killed and hundreds more were injured by Iran's strikes, one of which hit a major Israeli hospital on Thursday.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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For Mahomes and Kelce, the faces of this Chiefs’ dynasty, February’s Super Bowl loss still stings.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreckage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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