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▸ noun: The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
▸ noun: An event in which something is damaged through collision.
▸ noun: (specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
▸ noun: (law, not countable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To plunder goods from wrecked ships.
▸ verb: (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
▸ verb: (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
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