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English Dictionary: wrecked by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrecked
adj
  1. destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wreck \Wreck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wrecking}.]
      1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by
            driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to
            become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
  
                     Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to
            destroy, as a railroad train.
  
      3. To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to
            balk of success, and bring disaster on.
  
                     Weak and envied, if they should conspire, They wreck
                     themselves.                                       --Daniel.
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