wrecking
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wrecking
verb
- present participle and gerund of wreck
noun wreckings
- The act by which something is wrecked. The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
- The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
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Closest in meaning: ruination, ruin, ruining, laying waste, razing, devastating, undermining, derailing, spoiling, plunging, sinking, shipwreck, collapsing, corrupting, defeating, demolishing
Talk about this word "wrecking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wrecking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wrecking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wrecking "wrecking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wrecking.Cite this
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