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to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Recent Examples of wrecked
Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The driver exited the wrecked vehicle, grabbing the child on the way out.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Back on the trail for Hank, the Ghoul and Lucy come across a wrecked vault hidden behind a drive-in cinema.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Davis Fire Department crews tried to free the driver from the wrecked cab, but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Shots fired outside a north Charlotte’s strip club killed one person and injured another who was discovered in a wrecked car, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Nov. 2025
Members of the reggae community, especially in the western part of Jamaica, found damaged studios and wrecked equipment.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of those games have been thrillers and even wrecked seasons.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
McIndoe really wrecked the curve on this one.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Debris on the gallery floor indicates that the twin panels were wrecked in situ.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Then the second day, everyone was wrecked.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Inheriting a nation that was wrecked and regionally isolated by war, a younger Khamenei faced the daunting task of resurrecting his fractured economy and society.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Everything in the guest house got wrecked.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
See artifacts from the coastal Karankawa Indians and a cannon from the 17th-century La Belle ship, which wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay in 1686.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Rangel went on to describe what happened next, with the men using driftwood oars to attempt to row their vessel to the mainland before heavy winds ran them aground and wrecked the boat.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The driver then got out of the wrecked vehicle and fled on foot, police said.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The driver exited the wrecked vehicle, grabbing the child on the way out.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Back on the trail for Hank, the Ghoul and Lucy come across a wrecked vault hidden behind a drive-in cinema.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Davis Fire Department crews tried to free the driver from the wrecked cab, but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Shots fired outside a north Charlotte’s strip club killed one person and injured another who was discovered in a wrecked car, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Nov. 2025
Members of the reggae community, especially in the western part of Jamaica, found damaged studios and wrecked equipment.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of those games have been thrillers and even wrecked seasons.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
But the Panthers could only score 10 points, as Denver’s fearsome pass rush wrecked Carolina’s best chance at a Super Bowl win.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
McIndoe really wrecked the curve on this one.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Debris on the gallery floor indicates that the twin panels were wrecked in situ.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Then the second day, everyone was wrecked.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Inheriting a nation that was wrecked and regionally isolated by war, a younger Khamenei faced the daunting task of resurrecting his fractured economy and society.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Everything in the guest house got wrecked.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
See artifacts from the coastal Karankawa Indians and a cannon from the 17th-century La Belle ship, which wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay in 1686.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Rangel went on to describe what happened next, with the men using driftwood oars to attempt to row their vessel to the mainland before heavy winds ran them aground and wrecked the boat.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
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In June, a wildcat strike by gallery attendants, ticket agents and security staff delayed the museum’s daily opening, leaving thousands of visitors stranded beneath the pyramid.—
Thomas Adamson,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The iconic William Golding novel tells of a group of children stranded on an island who attempt to remain civil but begin to fight.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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The severe inflation in the late 1940s that destroyed China’s anti-Communist middle class in urban areas helped enable Mao’s Communists to triumph in that country’s civil war.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Their body oils are going to be destroyed!—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The host in 2022 was working on a weekly talk show for CNN+, a streaming service that was quickly scuttled after its launch.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2026
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Incredibly, the event has only been scuttled twice in 120 years — first in 1915, when foot-and-mouth disease raged in the livestock community, and then again in 2021, due to COVID-19 restrictions.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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So Skinny Pedro had experienced the pain of seeing his dream simultaneously realized and shattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The windshield and windows of the truck appeared to be shattered, and shards of glass were seen on the street below the vehicle.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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In this film, the pups get shipwrecked on a mysterious dinosaur island.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
1 Jan. 2026
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The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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The apartments will replace a vacant lot that once held Community Christian Church, which was demolished in 2022.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2026
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Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza since the cease-fire began, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery from Planet Labs.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, numerous commemorations and tributes occurred in the devastated communities and throughout the city and county of Los Angeles —including flags flying at half-staff at City Hall, county buildings and at all state buildings.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the immediate aftermath of the fires there was discussion about maybe there should have been more accessibility and exit routes in the central core of the Palisades that was so devastated.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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