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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
Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Helicopter footage showed the man darting out from the wrecked Charger in a black T-shirt and white shorts.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
The chase ended when the suspect crashed and ran from the wrecked vehicle, officials said.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
In the video, he could be seen holding his hands up in front of a wrecked Tesla as officers appeared to pry open the garage door.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Firefighters had to rescue the GMC's driver, who was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, and a medical helicopter flew the driver to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The 14-year-old and the 25-year-old climbed out of the wrecked car, saw a man recording on their phone, and assaulted him, taking away the phone.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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
Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Kim Gartner, whose nephew's property was wrecked in storms overnight in Kankakee, described softball-sized hail that shattered car windows.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Vonn’s hugely successful World Cup season at age 41 was ended by a nasty crash one month ago at the Milan Cortina Olympics that wrecked her left leg.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Born in Finland, raised in Boston, then wrecked in Ohio, the poor woman couldn’t exist as matter anymore.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
So last week … In Atlanta, Carson Hocevar wrecked Bell.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
But looking back on his career, Schwarzman advised young professionals against a work habit that completely wrecked his nervous system.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Private equity firms are going to go down because so many companies will be wrecked by AI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Jerry Cantrell wrecked my go-kart.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
In San Francisco, the wrecked husk of the Golden Gate Bridge looms in the background as a perpetual reminder that this isn’t quite our history.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Helicopter footage showed the man darting out from the wrecked Charger in a black T-shirt and white shorts.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
The chase ended when the suspect crashed and ran from the wrecked vehicle, officials said.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
In the video, he could be seen holding his hands up in front of a wrecked Tesla as officers appeared to pry open the garage door.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Firefighters had to rescue the GMC's driver, who was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, and a medical helicopter flew the driver to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The 14-year-old and the 25-year-old climbed out of the wrecked car, saw a man recording on their phone, and assaulted him, taking away the phone.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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
Verb
Texas State infielder Aiyana Coleman wrecked ULM's shot at a Sun Belt regular-season title in 2025, recording two back-breaking home runs in the final series of the year.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Kim Gartner, whose nephew's property was wrecked in storms overnight in Kankakee, described softball-sized hail that shattered car windows.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Vonn’s hugely successful World Cup season at age 41 was ended by a nasty crash one month ago at the Milan Cortina Olympics that wrecked her left leg.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Born in Finland, raised in Boston, then wrecked in Ohio, the poor woman couldn’t exist as matter anymore.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
So last week … In Atlanta, Carson Hocevar wrecked Bell.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
But looking back on his career, Schwarzman advised young professionals against a work habit that completely wrecked his nervous system.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Private equity firms are going to go down because so many companies will be wrecked by AI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Jerry Cantrell wrecked my go-kart.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
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The award-winning film depicts the crisis among refugees who were stranded on the Belarus-Poland border.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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The United Nations has proposed a safety corridor in order to evacuate some 20,000 seafarers stranded aboard ships in the Persian Gulf.—
Raf Sanchez,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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The fire destroyed more than 160 structures and charred 25,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her clothes and makeup were destroyed in the damage.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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For more than two years, plans to return to Niger were scuttled by the pandemic.—
Paul C. Sereno,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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And, of course, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby could be available again after his trade to the Ravens was scuttled due to an issue with his physical.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Now, months later, residents say the gunfire has shattered their peace, ruining quiet strolls and sunsets on the neighborhood’s lakes.—
Christopher Spata,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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When golf-ball-sized hail and 60 mph winds slammed the east coast of Florida in May, Chris Jadin came home to a truck covered in dents and glass all over the floor of his house, his skylight shattered by the falling ice.—
Scott Pham,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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This reimagining of the classic tale of the white European male shipwrecked on a desert island is brave, funny, wild and spellbinding.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Your host, Miranda, offers a back story to the project that involves her family of scientists being shipwrecked on an island off South America upon which many of the dinosaurs somehow survived to the present day.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Bulldozers and dynamite demolished the modernist mausoleum of Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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That’s going to continue until they are completely demolished.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Standing outside her Brooklyn home on Friday, a devastated Wright struggled to understand how the driver who hit her child could be so uncaring.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Wrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecked. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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