Synonyms of wrecked

wrecked 1 of 2

adjective

as in destroyed

Related Words

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• devastated
• damaged
• pulverized
• collapsed
• mutilated
• mangled
• disintegrated
• cracked
• imploded
• splintered
• split
• exploded
• ruinate
• obliterated
• dynamited
• blasted
• defaced
• wiped out
• broken
• extirpated
• smashed
• shattered
• fragile
• fractured
• busted
• fragmented
• eradicated
• exterminated
• detonated
• brittle
• slivered
• breakable
• frail
• frangible
• delicate

Dissimilar Words

• repaired
• unbroken
• fixed
• reconstructed
• healed
• mended
• patched
• rebuilt
• unbreakable
• infrangible

wrecked

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stranded
• scuttled
• shipwrecked
• foundered
• beached

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• salvaged

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• shattered
• devastated
• smashed
• damaged
• wasted
• overcame
• ravaged
• decimated
• eroded
• annihilated
• pulverized
• marred
• wracked
• totaled
• desolated
• extinguished
• vaporized
• crippled
• razed
• creamed
• killed
• dismantled
• crushed
• pulled down
• tore down
• rubbed out
• defeated
• blasted
• injured
• broke
• nuked
• did in
• removed
• disintegrated
• impaired
• conquered
• mangled
• mutilated
• subdued
• deteriorated
• disfigured
• harmed
• thrashed
• licked
• clobbered
• spoiled
• whipped
• dynamited
• defaced
• mastered
• trimmed
• obliterated
• routed
• dissolved
• gutted
• swept (away)
• overmatched
• trounced
• scotched
• surmounted
• won (against)
• prevailed (over)
• triumphed (over)
• dilapidated
• plundered
• wore (away)
• bested
• vandalized
• disassembled
• looted
• scoured
• vitiated
• eradicated
• washed out
• trashed
• murdered
• blew up
• despoiled
• slaughtered
• sacked
• assassinated
• pillaged
• wiped out
• trampled
• beat
• exterminated
• liquidated
• drubbed
• walloped
• expunged
• extirpated
• took down
• stamped (out)
• massacred
• butchered
• executed
• dispatched
• blotted out
• undid
• cut down
• skunked
• effaced
• rooted (out)
• zapped
• felled
• snuffed (out)
• killed off
• unmade
• overbore
• slew
• took out
• unbuilt
• havocked
• mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• erected
• repaired
• set up
• raised
• created
• reared
• fixed
• put up
• produced
• made
• invented
• manufactured
• formed
• assembled
• shaped
• established
• organized
• forged
• fashioned
• molded
• patched
• framed
• founded
• reconditioned
• fabricated
• mended
• revamped
• brought about
• saved
• constituted
• protected
• preserved
• instituted
• doctored
• rebuilt
• restored
• reconstructed
• fathered
• conserved
• remodeled
• renovated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrecked

Adjective

The Audi driver ran off with his car’s license plates, leaving the wrecked luxury car behind. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

Police and firefighters responding to the area discovered the wrecked vehicle along the hillside. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Hundreds of clay jars known as amphorae were discovered inside the wrecked ship, alongside lead anchor stocks and other artifacts, police said. — Isabella Colletta, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

The attack reduced the house to rubble and wrecked outbuildings and cars. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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

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

Verb

The 21-year-old from Dallas, who soared to gold in the all-around on Friday after recovering from injuries that wrecked her Olympic hopes in 2021 and again in 2024, hardly looked tired in what has quickly become the meet of her life. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Just as Bryan’s own ascent began, alcoholism almost wrecked his fellow Oklahoma heroes, Turnpike Troubadours. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

Some people make money, some people use the buzz to shore up a brand, and some people get their lives wrecked, but who falls into this last category comes down to bad luck more than to justice. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Researchers believe the ship may have been traveling from the Levantine coast, which runs from Turkey in the north to Egypt in the south, to Troy or Crete when it was wrecked. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

The story centers on an influencer whose life is wrecked by an online pile-on. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

The Nantucket Current reported that the wreck is likely part of a 19th-century wooden ship that wrecked near Miacomet Beach in 1884. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

The plant’s interior pot has drainage holes, hidden in the cachepot, so your plant won’t drown and your hardwoods won’t get wrecked. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026

This may then seem like yet another story about how Trump has wrecked norms and corrupted the rule of law. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026