wrecking

English

Verb

wrecking

1. present participle and gerund of wreck

Noun

wrecking (plural wreckings)

1. The act by which something is wrecked.
   • 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93:

     The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.

2. (obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

Derived terms

• wrecking amendment
• wrecking ball
• wrecking bar
• wrecking car
• wrecking pump
• wrecking yard