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WRECKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Synonyms:
laying waste; ruin; ruination; ruining; wrecking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wrecking" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
Derivation:
wreck (smash or break forcefully)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Synonyms:
razing; wrecking
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wrecking" is a kind of...):
demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb wreck
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