WRECKING Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word wrecking. (close relations)
wreck
Best Alternatives
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| annihilating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • making light of | ||||||
| demolishing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • complete destruction of a building | ||||||
| devastating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • making light of • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | ||||||
| ravaging | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • plundering with excessive damage and destruction adjective satellite • ruinously destructive and wasting | ||||||
| ruining | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | ||||||
| decimating | verbv | |||||
verb • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies • kill in large numbers | ||||||
| destroying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| obliterating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||
| tearing down | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • complete destruction of a building | ||||||
| crash | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a loud resonant repeating noise • a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) • a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) • the act of colliding with something • (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative verb • fall or come down violently • move with, or as if with, a crashing noise • undergo damage or destruction on impact • move violently as through a barrier • break violently or noisily; smash • occupy, usually uninvited • make a sudden loud sound • enter uninvited; informal • cause to crash • hurl or thrust violently • undergo a sudden and severe downturn • stop operating • sleep in a convenient place | ||||||
| shipwreck | nounn | |||||
noun • a wrecked ship (or a part of one) • an irretrievable loss • an accident that destroys a ship at sea verb • ruin utterly • suffer failure, as in some enterprise • cause to experience shipwreck • destroy a ship | ||||||
| wrack | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • dried seaweed especially that cast ashore • the destruction or collapse of something • growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp verb • smash or break forcefully | ||||||
