Past tense of wreck
regular verb
The past tense of wreck is wrecked. The past participle is also wrecked.
Forms of wreck
| Base form (V1) | wreck /ˈɹɛk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wrecked /ˈɹɛkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | wrecked /ˈɹɛkt/ |
| Present participle | wrecking |
| Third person singular | wrecks |
Wrecked in a sentence
- He wrecked the car in a collision.
- That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
- I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.From the entry deer
- The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.From the entry jettison
- When he found out I wrecked his brand-new car, he hit the roof.From the entry hit the roof
Meaning of wreck
- noun Something or someone that has been ruined.
- noun The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- noun An event in which something is damaged through collision.
Questions about the past tense of wreck
- What is the past tense of wreck?
- The past tense of wreck is wrecked.
- What is the past participle of wreck?
- The past participle of wreck is wrecked.
- Is wreck a regular or irregular verb?
- Wreck is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wreck (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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