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Synonyms for wrecking

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rek-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk ɪŋ

Définition of wrecking

Origin :
  • early 13c., "goods cast ashore after a shipwreck, flotsam," from Anglo-French wrec, from Old Norse *wrek (cf. Norwegian, Icelandic rek) "wreck, flotsam," related to reka "to drive, push" (see wreak). The meaning "a shipwreck" is first recorded mid-15c.; that of "a wrecked ship" is from c.1500. General sense of "remains of anything that has been ruined" is recorded from 1713; applied by 1795 to dissipated persons.
  • adj destroying
Example sentences :
  • They have found the books; they have understood them; and they are wrecking the place.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • He shivered to think how near he had gone to wrecking all the happiness that lay ahead of him.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • That is one of the points old Gladstone is wrecking the country on.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Cannot you see, woman, that by this language you are wrecking your last hope of safety?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • He was dressed in sheepskins, and, I believe, lived by wrecking.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Then you don't want all the credit for wrecking the machine?
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • I take a chance in wrecking a fine friendship, to tell you about it.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
  • In reality he was afraid he would be brought to account for wrecking the sloop.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard of the Sea » by Roy Rockwood
  • But whoever had gone about the wrecking of the lab had gone about it in a workmanlike way.
  • Extract from : « Damned If You Don't » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • You guard your dirty skins by wrecking ships upon the rocks.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks

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