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wrecking

SayREK-ing/ˈɹɛkɪŋ/

Noun pluralwreckings

3 meanings of wrecking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of wreck. Use it after "is" or "are", or as the name of the action.

    My little brother keeps wrecking my sandcastles.

    The rain is wrecking our plans for a picnic.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    Breaking or ruining something so badly that it cannot be used.

    The wrecking of the playground made the whole town angry.

    The wrecking of the old mill took less than a week.

    Similardestruction, vandalism, sabotage

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  3. 3
    nounobsolete
    Taking valuable things from a ship that has crashed near the shore.

    After the storm, the villagers went down to the beach for some wrecking.

    He made more money from wrecking than from fishing.

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wrecking is a form of wreck

wreck, verb: To damage something so badly that it no longer works or is useless. Full entry

Forms
wreckwrecks he/she/itwrecking -ing formwrecked past tense, past participle
Spelling
wreck → wrecking: add -ing

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