wrecking
verb
Meaning
- To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- To ruin or dilapidate.
- To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- The act by which something is wrecked.
- The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
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