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wreckage

noun
/ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/

Etymology

From wreck + -age.

  1. derived from *wrekaną✻
  2. derived from *wrek✻
  3. derived from wrek
  4. inherited from wrek
  5. suffixed as wreckage — “wreck + -age”

Definitions

  1. Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely…

    Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.

    • About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage.
    • Explorers have found the 153-year-old wreckage of the Bay State, one the earlier propeller-driven steamships to ply the waters of the Great Lakes.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA