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• n  something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
  the house was a wreck when they bought it
  thanks to that quack I am a human wreck
• n  an accident that destroys a ship at sea
• n  a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
• n  a ship that has been destroyed at sea
• v  smash or break forcefully

• The wreck was only 22 miles southwest of the great international airport at Gander.
• The wreck is way off course.
• Read an interview with two Titanic wreck divers.

• shipwreck
• crash
• bust up
• wrack

News & Articles

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• Wreck sends car crashing into building KC's east side
  A wreck early Friday sends a car crashing into a building at 12th Street and Indiana Avenue.
  June 14, 2013 - KMBC-TV Kansas City
• Wreck snarls inbound I-70 near I-470 Friday morning
  A wreck involving at least two vehicles snarls the inbound run on Interstate 70 near Interstate 470.
  June 14, 2013 - KMBC-TV Kansas City
• Wreck pushes car into oncoming traffic near Worley
  WORLEY, Idaho -- Inattentive driving was to blame for a head-on crash in Worley, Idaho Thursday night, according to Idaho State Police. It happened around 10:30 p.m. off Highway 95. Troopers said traffic was stopped for a car turning off the highway when a driver rear ended another car.  The force of that wreck pushed one of those cars into oncoming traffic. Two people were injured with non-life ...
  June 14, 2013 - KREM.com Spokane

Quotes

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• Antonio Villaraigosa in Sydney Morning Herald
  The latest figures that we have is, there's somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10 to 15 fatalities,Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told reporters. "That's probably the most serious train wreck to occur here in a very long time."
• Brad Keselowski in MiamiHerald.com
  Just a wild ride that was uncalled for,Keselowski said. "To come back and intentionally wreck someone, that's not cool. It could have killed someone in the grandstands. I know it's a little ironic that I'm saying it, but at least I didn't...
• Mitch McConnell in USA Today
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called the measure a "legislative train wreck of historic proportions."