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wreckings

wreckings is the plural of wrecking.

Meaning of wrecking

Noun

wrecking (plural wreckings)

  1. The act by which something is wrecked.
    • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93
  2. (obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

Questions about wreckings

What is wreckings the plural of?
Wreckings is the plural of wrecking.

Words near wreckings in the dictionary

  1. wrecking cars
  2. wrecking pump
  3. wrecking pumps
  4. wrecking yard
  5. wrecking yards
  6. wreckings
  7. wreckish
  8. wreckless
  9. wreckling
  10. wrecklings
  11. wreckmaster

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