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The meaning of WRECKAGE is the act of wrecking : the state of being wrecked. How to use wreckage in a sentence.
a situation in which something has been badly damaged or destroyed: The bank's directors should not be allowed to walk away from the financial wreckage they created. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged: Experts were sent to inspect the plane's wreckage.
Wreckage definition: act of wrecking; state of being wrecked. . See examples of WRECKAGE used in a sentence.
a situation in which something has been badly damaged or destroyed: The bank's directors should not be allowed to walk away from the financial wreckage they created. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged: Experts were sent to inspect the plane's wreckage.
What's left behind after a destructive accident or disaster is called wreckage. The day after tornadoes sweep through a town, its inhabitants might search the wreckage of their houses for mementoes and valuables.
Synonyms for WRECKAGE: devastation, destruction, havoc, demolition, loss, extinction, extermination, obliteration; Antonyms of WRECKAGE: building, construction, erection, rescue, salvage, salvation, raising, saving
wreckage. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed. A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion.
the parts that remain of a car, ship, or aircraft that has been destroyed: Two survivors were pulled from the wreckage. (Definition of wreckage from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
wreckage. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion.
The debris or remains of something wrecked: the wreckage of a plane crash; flood wreckage.