wrecks

Noun

wreck (plural wrecks)

1. Something or someone that has been ruined.
   • He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.

   Synonyms:

   basket case, mess

2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
   • To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 277
3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
   • Hard and obſtinate, / As is a rocke amidſt the raging floods: / gaynſt vvhich a ſhip of ſuccour deſolate, / doth ſuffer vvreck both of her ſelfe and goods.1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature [D5], verso
   1. (specifically) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
4. (uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
   • 2. ... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.1985, “Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)”, in Justice Canada, retrieved 09 Sep 2021
5. A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
   • [I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 89

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