wreck

US /rɛk/

UK /rek/

B2

noun

  • Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
  • (Informal) one in poor emotional/physical condition
  • Vehicle that has been badly damaged or destroyed

verb

  • To ruin something completely
  • To destroy a vehicle, building completely

Examples

Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.

I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck.