wrecked

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. destroyed in an accident“a wrecked ship”“a highway full of wrecked cars”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wreck \Wreck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrecking.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train. [1913 Webster]

3.To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. [1913 Webster]

Weak and envied, if they should conspire, They wreck themselves.— Daniel.[1913 Webster]
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