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most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Recent Examples of wrecked
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
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
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
Brett Kelman, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
That general manager wrecked the team.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Lanni was sitting nearby at Sei Less when LaForte wrecked the witness’ table.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Punsalan, sliding across the ice, wrecked, while Swallow stood triumphant.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Several cars were completely wrecked, with parts visibly strewn along the road as hundreds of vehicles were seemingly stuck in traffic near the collision site.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
But while the Swede’s debut campaign at Liverpool has been wrecked by fitness and form issues, Ekitike has firmly established himself as the new leading light of Arne Slot’s front line.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Then her son wrecked her Acura.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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
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
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
The front lobby of Unicoi County Hospital was wrecked by devastating flooding during Hurricane Helene in 2024.
—Brett Kelman, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
That general manager wrecked the team.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Lanni was sitting nearby at Sei Less when LaForte wrecked the witness’ table.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Punsalan, sliding across the ice, wrecked, while Swallow stood triumphant.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Several cars were completely wrecked, with parts visibly strewn along the road as hundreds of vehicles were seemingly stuck in traffic near the collision site.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
But while the Swede’s debut campaign at Liverpool has been wrecked by fitness and form issues, Ekitike has firmly established himself as the new leading light of Arne Slot’s front line.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Then her son wrecked her Acura.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
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For the second time in days, a driver ignored barricades in Pisgah National Forest and got stranded in the snow, according to officials in western North Carolina.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Feb. 2026
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Keep your fuel tank at least half-full to prevent fuel lines from freezing, and for extra fuel if you get stranded.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The storm that destroyed the home of Shaun and Karen Powers hit three months after the phone call that put an end to Coppermark’s strategy of flooding the insurance department with complaints.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Talmud teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed not only because of hatred, but because of sinat chinam, baseless hatred fueled by moral absolutism.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 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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Senate leaders had planned a vote on the agreement for Thursday night, but Graham’s hold scuttled that effort.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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Richarlison had just scored, and all of the momentum was with Spurs, but Romero’s dismissal shattered their chances of finding an equaliser.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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That tranquility was shattered when deputies with the Sheriff's Department had journalists leave the area and blocked off streets with deputies and traffic cones.—
Sarah Lapidus,
AZCentral.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Get shipwrecked on a Robinson Crusoe beach with a picnic of yellowfin ceviche?—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 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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Damaged beyond repair, the building was permanently closed and later demolished.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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After the closure of Toni’s Italian Restaurant’s Olathe location last year, city planning documents show the restaurant’s former building will soon be demolished alongside a handful of other buildings, as the city gears up for an ambitious overhaul of East Santa Fe Street.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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White phosphorus also ignited large-scale fires that ravaged oak and pine forests and devastated wildlife.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 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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“Wrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecked. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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