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wreck

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

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Australia
#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest.
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  • “Kevin Harvick: Kyle Busch’s wreck with John Hunter Nemechek was a ‘disaster’ https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/651200/ Kevin Harvick did not like Kyle Busch wrecking John Hunter Nemechek at the end of the NASCAR Cup…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Fun little tidbit, in my early/mid 20s I was a referee for a roller derby team. My derby name was wreck it roo.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Who knew streaming a story and dialogue heavy game for 7 hours would wreck your voice and make you sooo soo sleepy. @__@ I'm glad tomorrow is my day off (i say this but will still be hard locking-in tomorrow. just...quietly )”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “LOL I think I know which sketch you're talking about pfft . i'M SORRY, I just love the idea of these two slamming drinks during work hours because they both know there's no saving the company from the train-wreck financial hell hole it's in.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • ““Daughter is a nervous wreck but.. my son may ~””

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

Something or someone that has been ruined.

He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
Origin: From , from , from (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from , whence also (), , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life.
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  • “Finished moving things into new place, but it’s a wreck so we went to a coffee shop down the street. Really charmed by it, heard the barista telling someone “yeah we might be closing in the near term, we’re unsure” Seattle.txt”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “First Al Gore creates global warming and then he creates Andreessen. Is there anything he can’t wreck?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'm broke as a joke. I'll likely never get to own a top class JDM car given how much they increasingly fetch, plus all these dumb asses that scoop them up and wreck them at takeovers and events...dumbasses drive these things like they still make them.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I was a fool to join these ppl in a strike when they caved so easily. This is why I won’t sign a card for this train wreck. The only way I came ahead in this is not paying dues to get my ass tanned.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Uh huh whatever you say Mr. Doomposter. If you think one or two state can wreck an entire midterm, you’re sorely mistaken.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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