# wrecking

Pronunciation: say "REK-ing" /ˈɹɛkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of wreck. — present participle and gerund of wreck
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of wreck. Use it after "is" or "are", or as the name of the action.
   - _Pounding waves are slowly wrecking the old harbor wall._
   - _Fans blamed the coach for wrecking the team's season with one bad trade._

## Noun

2. The act of destroying something or damaging it beyond use.
   - Simple: Breaking or ruining something so badly that it cannot be used.
   - _The deliberate wrecking of the bus shelter cost the town thousands of dollars._
   - _After a string of wreckings at the site, the builders hired a night guard._

## Noun

3. The practice of taking valuable goods from ships wrecked close to the coast. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Taking valuable things from a ship that has crashed near the shore.
   - _When a ship ran aground on the reef, the whole village turned out for the wrecking._
   - _The magistrate warned that wrecking would be punished as plain theft._

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