Thesaurus: wrecking

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wreck
2. a. & n. from Wreck, v.
3. n. the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
4. n. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
5. a. & n. from Wreck, v. Wrecking car (Railway), a car fitted up with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck occasioned by an accident, as by a collision. -- Wrecking pump, a pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.
6. a. & n. from Wreck, v. Wrecking car (Railway), a car fitted upwith apparatus and implements for removing the wreck occasioned by anaccident, as by a collision.-- Wrecking pump, a pump especially adapted for pumping water fromthe hull of a wrecked vessel.
7. j:100 n the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled n destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined v smash or break forcefully