Wrecked is an English word with synonyms like destroyed. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wrecked in a sentence
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Wrecked meaning
- Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability.
- Very intoxicated from alcohol or recreational drugs.
- Having been put in a dreadful or embarrassing situation; can range from being pwned in a game to being utterly defeated in an argument or publicly shamed with a stinging insult.
Synonyms of Wrecked
Using Wrecked
- The main meaning on this page is: Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability. | Very intoxicated from alcohol or recreational drugs. | Having been put in a dreadful or embarrassing situation; can range from being pwned in a game to being utterly defeated in an argument or publicly shamed with a stinging insult.
- Useful related words include: destroyed.
- In the example corpus, wrecked often appears in combinations such as: wrecked by, the wrecked, wrecked the.
Context around Wrecked
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wrecked
- In this selection, "wrecked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, owned, getting, plundering, boats, ships and remains stand out and add context to how "wrecked" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accidental fire wrecked the attraction and and the wrecked plane he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wrecked" sits close to words such as airmen, allegheny and birdie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wrecked
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I wrecked his whole day,” Somerville said. (7 words)
Dominick King said his restaurant in Capitola had been wrecked. (10 words)
How Much Does it Cost to Resurrect a Wrecked WRX? (10 words)
After Benfica rejected their last bid of around $80 million, Chelsea proposed an astounding roughly $130 million offer for the 22-year-old on deadline day, a bid that wrecked the Premier League transfer record and sent the Argentine to South London. (42 words)
He added: "It's not about trying to displace the problem or they’ll just go to another beach like Rock where the dunes will be wrecked and any mess and broken glass left behind won’t be cleaned up. (40 words)
Gerard who became a refugee in 1990 when the Sri Lankan army recaptured the area from the rebels, was now again living in a refugee camp after the tsunami wrecked his home and killed his parents, wife and daughter. (39 words)
How Much Does it Cost to Resurrect a Wrecked WRX? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Manuel Reef Marina owned foru of the wrecked boats, their manager “managed” three other wrecked boats, numerous residents of D3 owned wrecked boats, to all of whom you are beholden.
Even recently Carlson is still getting wrecked by Jon Stewart in debates over this, like he was wrecked by Stewart on CNN that caused him to slink away and resign.
The first wreckers in the Keys were Indians; when Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda 's ship was wrecked in 1549, he was taken prisoner by Indians who were experienced in plundering wrecked ships.
After Benfica rejected their last bid of around $80 million, Chelsea proposed an astounding roughly $130 million offer for the 22-year-old on deadline day, a bid that wrecked the Premier League transfer record and sent the Argentine to South London.
A Mississippi pastor was killed Monday after he pulled over to help a man who had wrecked his motorcycle, police say.
And when an accidental fire wrecked the attraction in 2011, it felt like an act of mercy.
A week later, their home which they had yet to unpack was wrecked.
Dominick King said his restaurant in Capitola had been wrecked.
Footage showed rescue workers at the wrecked remains of the building in the aftermath of the attack.
Gerard who became a refugee in 1990 when the Sri Lankan army recaptured the area from the rebels, was now again living in a refugee camp after the tsunami wrecked his home and killed his parents, wife and daughter.
He added: "It's not about trying to displace the problem or they’ll just go to another beach like Rock where the dunes will be wrecked and any mess and broken glass left behind won’t be cleaned up.
He exited the wrecked truck and opened fire on the officers, sparking a brief gun battle that left the suspect and one cop dead and another officer injured.
How Much Does it Cost to Resurrect a Wrecked WRX?
It will be big and have four training hubs: a Rappelling Tower, a Confined Space Structure, a Wrecked Building with Structure Rubble Pile, and a Pancake Collapsed Structure.
I wrecked everything that was proper and timid in myself.
I wrecked his whole day,” Somerville said.
Mr Sullivan said he's glad he wasn't injured, "except me pride," but he'll miss the company car which was "totally wrecked" by the tyre spikes.
Over 300 pounds of cocaine were found in a wide search covering the area surrounding Thornton’s body and the wrecked plane he had been in. It was during this search that the bear’s body was found.
Police and fire officials put a blue tarp on the wrecked van and placed a barrier near one of the trucks to block the view of the scene, according to the Democrat-Herald.
Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people.
Common combinations with wrecked
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: