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- Dictionarywrecked/rɛkt/
adjective
- 1. having been wrecked: "an old wrecked barge"
- 2. under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs: informal "they got wrecked on tequila"
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WRECKED definition: 1. very badly damaged: 2. very drunk: 3. very tired. Learn more.
a vehicle or ship that has been destroyed or badly damaged: Divers exploring the wreck managed to salvage some coins and jewellery. The burned-out wrecks of two police cars littered the road. C2 informal. someone who is in bad physical or mental condition: The stress she had been under at work reduced her to a nervous / quivering wreck.
: something disabled or in a state of ruin or dilapidation. the house was a wreck. also : a person or animal of broken constitution, health, or spirits.
Wrecked definition: extremely drunk or high on drugs. See examples of WRECKED used in a sentence.
Definition of wrecked adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore. the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident. ...the wreck of a sailing ship. [ + of] The car was a total wreck. We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it. Synonyms: shipwreck, derelict, hulk, sunken vessel More Synonyms of wreck. 4. countable noun B1+.
wreck something to damage or destroy something. A bomb completely wrecked the building. The building had been wrecked by the explosion. The road was littered with wrecked cars. youths who steal and wreck fast cars. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
Definitions of wrecked. adjective. destroyed in an accident. “a wrecked ship” “a highway full of wrecked cars” synonyms: destroyed. spoiled or ruined or demolished. Pronunciation. US. /rɛkt/ UK. /rɛkt/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Wrecked." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/wrecked.
wreck. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English wreck1 /rek/ verb [ transitive] 1 to completely spoil something so that it cannot continue in a successful way SYN ruin Injury threatened to wreck his sporting career.
