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

According to the diving trail’s website, previous wrecks have attracted large numbers of fish like snapper, grouper, amberjack, angelfish and barracuda as well as sea urchin and corals. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Drivers need to slow down and pay even more attention because this increase in wrecks is not random. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Nov. 2026

The Porter County Sheriff’s Department is investigating two fatal wrecks over the weekend. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

City living wrecks sleep, and noise masking is one of the cheapest fixes going. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Many of these wrecks have been undiscovered for decades, with commercial access only being granted recently. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Waltrip obviously got into hundreds of wrecks over his nearly 30-year racing career. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Car wrecks and other mishaps lead to people disappearing, only to be later found submerged underwater. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Huron Aviation, Alpena, Michigan (Lake Huron) Get a unique perspective on the wrecks in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary by seeing them from the air. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026

Verb

If checking your score reliably wrecks your morning, the device isn’t working for you. — J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them. — New Atlas, 24 July 2026

As is the case with the Delta Aquarids, the moon, only one day past full, unfortunately, wrecks any chances of getting any decent views this year. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 July 2026

Those findings may sound like proof the job wrecks your hormones. — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Kyle Busch wrecks Ron Hornaday under caution! — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 21 May 2026

The change launches biannual arguments about the practice, wrecks havoc on sleep and has inspired voters to go to California polls. — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026

In a film like this, you’re ostensibly meant to root against the terror that the central characters wrecks on his victims. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026

This process wrecks kidney and heart tissue, causing the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to become stiffer, impeding circulation and setting the stage for clots. — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025