Synonyms of wrecks

wrecks 1 of 2

noun

plural of wreck

as in collisions

the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact

a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collisions
• crashes
• accidents
• smashups
• concussions
• ruins
• pileups
• crack-ups
• smashes
• destructions
• demolishments

wrecks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wreck

1

as in shipwrecks

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

• shipwrecks
• scuttles
• strands
• beaches
• founders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovers
• salvages

2

as in ruins

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

• ruins
• destroys
• demolishes
• shatters
• devastates
• smashes
• damages
• wastes
• overcomes
• ravages
• wracks
• annihilates
• desolates
• erodes
• extinguishes
• decimates
• mars
• vaporizes
• pulverizes
• cripples
• razes
• totals
• kills
• tears down
• nukes
• breaks
• rubs out
• creams
• defeats
• pulls down
• injures
• crushes
• blasts
• dismantles
• does in
• subdues
• removes
• spoils
• harms
• disfigures
• masters
• licks
• conquers
• prevails (over)
• impairs
• mutilates
• disintegrates
• deteriorates
• routs
• bests
• overbears
• surmounts
• triumphs (over)
• wins (against)
• defaces
• clobbers
• trims
• whips
• thrashes
• dynamites
• vitiates
• scotches
• mangles
• guts
• obliterates
• dissolves
• beats
• vandalizes
• murders
• sweeps (away)
• trounces
• wallops
• eradicates
• blows up
• stamps (out)
• overmatches
• scours
• plunders
• unmakes
• despoils
• loots
• slaughters
• washes out
• expunges
• undoes
• wears (away)
• disassembles
• sacks
• wipes out
• exterminates
• effaces
• slays
• drubs
• pillages
• extirpates
• assassinates
• takes down
• cuts down
• tramples
• roots (out)
• trashes
• dispatches
• liquidates
• blots out
• skunks
• kills off
• snuffs (out)
• dilapidates
• zaps
• havocs
• massacres
• mows (down)
• unbuilds
• executes
• takes out
• butchers
• fells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• builds
• constructs
• doctors
• raises
• sets up
• rears
• creates
• fixes
• erects
• manufactures
• produces
• forms
• makes
• shapes
• invents
• puts up
• fathers
• institutes
• protects
• frames
• constitutes
• reconditions
• mends
• fashions
• assembles
• patches
• saves
• brings about
• preserves
• revamps
• organizes
• establishes
• founds
• molds
• restores
• forges
• conserves
• fabricates
• reconstructs
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrecks

Noun

The wrecks are time machines, and getting inside one is the payoff for what, in some cases, may have been decades of research and painstaking searches using sonar to methodically probe thousands of miles of open water. —Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025

The wrecks were two of four fatal crashes that happened last week on East Bay highways. —Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025

Two people were killed and three others injured in two separate wrecks in the state on Saturday, according to preliminary police reports. —Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2025

Railroad derailments counted for 1 in 10 hazmat wrecks in the past decade – and 1 in 4 of those incidents last year, according to USA TODAY's 2023 analysis. —Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025