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