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verb

past tense of wreck
1
as in stranded
to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking many an unwary captain has wrecked his ship on the shoals that surround the island

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2
as in ruined
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
Adjective
Police and first responders were already on scene, cutting the roof off the wrecked car to rescue the individuals inside, who were put into ambulances. Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 The second flood has left behind more than wrecked homes, reopening trauma wounds for many survivors. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 After losing his job at a tech company, a 33-year-old Tehran resident who also joined the January protests said his main concern was the wrecked economy, where unemployment and prices have surged. ABC News, 9 July 2026 Likewise, clouds of metal scraps can be seen around wrecked ships floating through Meteos. Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 Clay, along with a passenger, fled on foot, leaving the wrecked car behind, police said. Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Jury sees wrecked boat, crash re-enactment On the fourth day of trial, the jury hopped into a black Dodge van escorted by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026 The officer pulled his weapon and ordered him to stay in the wrecked car. Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 6 June 2026 For days, no one connected the wrecked car to Marcus. Edie Peffley, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Verb
Mathias Jensen would provide an extra dose of creativity but Brentford will be hoping Antoni Milambo can make the position his own after his 2025-26 debut season was wrecked by an ACL injury in October. Luke Bosher, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Elsewhere, La’An continues her investigation via Harper’s personal video log, an effort that takes a disturbing turn when Harper addresses her directly while Kirk sees that their shuttle has been wrecked. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026 Etna’s country prevails but is demolished in the process; its people and animals are left wrecked, hungry, and homeless. Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 After two nightmarish seasons wrecked by injury, Green Bay Packers running back MarShawn Lloyd is crossing his fingers that the worst is behind him. Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 In ‘The Strange Architect,’ VanderMeer explores the legacy of Arthur Bream, a man whose dreams of building a utopian community are wrecked when his daughter goes missing. Brent Lang, Variety, 23 July 2026 The brutal heat and intense working conditions inside the kitchen and the front area of the business come after a thief wrecked the rooftop air conditioning unit in search of copper wiring. Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 But in recent history, the Spanish national soccer team has repeatedly wrecked the plans of dreamers and screenwriters. Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 The same river was wrecked by flash floods last year when two dozen children and counselors died at Camp Mystic. Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
Adjective
  • Sitting on the rim of his consciousness was always cataclysm, the muted whisper of a ruined world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • The labor unrest had also followed a four-day strike by flight attendants last August at larger rival Air Canada that stranded half a million passengers.
    Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Some struggled to find accommodations while they were stranded away from home, and others were left unable to reschedule flights.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • After the match, Brock Lesnar Oba Femi destroyed Brock Lesnar in their first encounter, which made an already rising Oba Femi into an overnight sensation.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Weeks later in Georgia, the Highway 82 Fire destroyed more than 120 homes – the most lost to a single fire since state records began in the 1950s – while blazes across the Southeast pushed smoke into communities that rarely see it.
    Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But Cossel warned that that could change as fire activity subsides and search crews gain access to devastated areas that remain inaccessible.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An initial public offering was planned in 2021, but those plans were scuttled in 2023.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • If Infantino’s credibility is shattered and nothing is done to bring a proper change in priorities, then the governance of the sport is unlikely to recover.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The peaceful exile is shattered when Ravana’s sister, Surpanakha (played by Rakul Preet Singh), becomes infatuated with Rama, setting off a chain of events that leads to her humiliation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026
Adjective
  • Moscow can keep paying for the war by forcing businesses to absorb the cost of drone attacks rather than spending on better drone defenses or compensating damaged firms.
    Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • Investigators found damaged trees along Rock Branch Road, before the tornado crossed Highway 212 and snapped or uprooted numerous trees along the southward slope of Shelton Laurel Creek and toward Cutshall Town Road.
    Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • In a passage from the Book of Acts, Paul is shipwrecked while sailing for Rome.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • They are subsequently shipwrecked, with Odysseus left as the sole survivor on the shores of Calypso’s island.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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“Wrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecked. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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