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How to pronounce “wreck”
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Pronunciation guide for wreck
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of wreck with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
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been able to do any sport whatsoever, ending up a wreck.
- Definition summary
- Something or someone that has been ruined.
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How to pronounce wreck
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been able to do any sport whatsoever, ending up a wreck.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “wreck”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Something or someone that has been ruined.
- The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- An event in which something is damaged through collision.
- (law, uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
- (ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
- (transitive, obsolete) To plunder goods from wrecked ships.
- (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
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