wreck

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Something or someone that has been ruined.
2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
4. (specifically) An event in which something is damaged through collision.
5. (uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
6. A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.

Verb

1. (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
2. (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To plunder goods from wrecked ships.
4. (Australia, transitive) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
5. (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
6. (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.

Concetti

distruggere

relitto

rovinare

naufragio

naufragare

carcassa

guaio

spaccare

collisione

💥

disfare

rottame

partenza

perdita

precipizio

rendere più basso

disastro

demolire

carretta

detrito

sfasciare

guastare

mandare in rovina

burrone

avaria

abisso

abbassare

rudere

scassare

sciagura

incidente

morte

💀

sinonimi

ruin

destroy

demolish

spoil

crash

shipwreck

damage

destruction

collapse

devastate

disrupt

break

wreckage

smash

sabotage

accident

ravage

pull down

wrack

fall

shatter

perdition

mar

overthrow

doom

mess up

downfall

remains

destruct

subvert

confuse

sink

tear down

blight

bust up

ruination

ruins

total

perish

quash

kill

🔪🩸👤

bring down

lay waste

break up

disassemble

degrade

breakdown

disaster

crush

crock

Traduzioni

Wrack

épave

arruinar

καταστρέφω

ruiner

ruïneren

ερείπιο

Schiffbruch

ναυάγιο

zerstören

naufrage

wrak

ondergang

détruire

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɹɛk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wrek

Affine inglese antico: wrecan

Affine inglese: wreak

Affine tedesco antico alto: rehhan

Affine Old Saxon: wrekan

Affine gotico: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).

Frasi

The wreck occurred by the bank on Main Street .

Il relitto si è verificato dalla banca in Main Street.