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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
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Recent Examples of wrecked
Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Helicopter footage showed the man darting out from the wrecked Charger in a black T-shirt and white shorts.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
The chase ended when the suspect crashed and ran from the wrecked vehicle, officials said.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
In the video, he could be seen holding his hands up in front of a wrecked Tesla as officers appeared to pry open the garage door.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Firefighters had to rescue the GMC's driver, who was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, and a medical helicopter flew the driver to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Roads were closed, and ballfields were wrecked because of the rain.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The strike, blamed on the military, killed 70 people and wrecked Al Daein Teaching Hospital, which had served people across the province of East Darfur.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
On the edges of Beirut's stylish downtown area and the trendy Mar Mikhael neighborhood is the devastated port area, wrecked by a massive explosion in 2020, with efforts to apportion responsibility for the disaster allegedly repeatedly stymied by Hezbollah.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Zelensky said late Monday that counterattacks by Ukrainian forces at eastern and southern points along the front line have wrecked Moscow’s plans for a March offensive.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Texas State infielder Aiyana Coleman wrecked ULM's shot at a Sun Belt regular-season title in 2025, recording two back-breaking home runs in the final series of the year.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Kim Gartner, whose nephew's property was wrecked in storms overnight in Kankakee, described softball-sized hail that shattered car windows.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
So last week … In Atlanta, Carson Hocevar wrecked Bell.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
In San Francisco, the wrecked husk of the Golden Gate Bridge looms in the background as a perpetual reminder that this isn’t quite our history.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Helicopter footage showed the man darting out from the wrecked Charger in a black T-shirt and white shorts.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
The chase ended when the suspect crashed and ran from the wrecked vehicle, officials said.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
In the video, he could be seen holding his hands up in front of a wrecked Tesla as officers appeared to pry open the garage door.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Firefighters had to rescue the GMC's driver, who was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, and a medical helicopter flew the driver to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
The explosion wrecked the cruisers and blew out the windows of nearby buildings.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Roads were closed, and ballfields were wrecked because of the rain.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The strike, blamed on the military, killed 70 people and wrecked Al Daein Teaching Hospital, which had served people across the province of East Darfur.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
On the edges of Beirut's stylish downtown area and the trendy Mar Mikhael neighborhood is the devastated port area, wrecked by a massive explosion in 2020, with efforts to apportion responsibility for the disaster allegedly repeatedly stymied by Hezbollah.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Zelensky said late Monday that counterattacks by Ukrainian forces at eastern and southern points along the front line have wrecked Moscow’s plans for a March offensive.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Texas State infielder Aiyana Coleman wrecked ULM's shot at a Sun Belt regular-season title in 2025, recording two back-breaking home runs in the final series of the year.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Kim Gartner, whose nephew's property was wrecked in storms overnight in Kankakee, described softball-sized hail that shattered car windows.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
So last week … In Atlanta, Carson Hocevar wrecked Bell.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
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According to Storyful, which received a clip of the rescue from the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, a Goldendoodle somehow ended up stranded in the middle of the river and was unable to swim to safety.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war, which took a record amount of oil off the market when tankers full of crude were stranded in the Persian Gulf and military strikes damaged refineries, pipelines and export terminals.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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First Baptist Dallas will break ground on its new sanctuary on Sunday, June 7, after a massive fire destroyed the church's 134-year-old sanctuary in the summer of 2024, the church announced on Sunday.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The diplomat also said that the IDF’s targeting of bridges along Lebanon’s Litani River has destroyed vital infrastructure connecting the south to the rest of the country.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 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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The diagnosis scuttled the family’s plan to move her into a home nearby.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Eight deals were scuttled in places like Kansas City, Missouri, when owners decided not to sell.—
Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the events of late 1957 shattered that perception and focused the attention of American politicians and military officials more sharply on the final frontier.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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And not just broken, but shattered.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This reimagining of the classic tale of the white European male shipwrecked on a desert island is brave, funny, wild and spellbinding.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Your host, Miranda, offers a back story to the project that involves her family of scientists being shipwrecked on an island off South America upon which many of the dinosaurs somehow survived to the present day.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It was demolished to make way for a 7,000 square-foot gallery that opened in April 2022 at MCASD.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The building appears to have been demolished with twisted metal, bricks and other debris littering the site.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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On the edges of Beirut's stylish downtown area and the trendy Mar Mikhael neighborhood is the devastated port area, wrecked by a massive explosion in 2020, with efforts to apportion responsibility for the disaster allegedly repeatedly stymied by Hezbollah.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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That section of town, which would end up among the most devastated, never received an evacuation warning.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Wrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecked. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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