unwreck
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[edit]unwreck (third-person singular simple present unwrecks, present participle unwrecking, simple past and past participle unwrecked)
- (transitive) To undo or reverse the wrecking of; (by extension) to repair; restore to good use; salvage
- 1997, John Barth, The Tidewater Tales, page 411:
- Remember, we were wrecked already when we started this cruise; it was supposed to unwreck us!
- 2011, Alex Sanchez, Rainbow High:
- Nelson tried to think fast how to unwreck their date.