wreck

wreck n

OFr wrec.

1. Accident; calamity; disaster; emergency; damaging incident; devastating crash.
2. Battered ship; destroyed sea vessel; [fig.] tragedy; catastrophe; break-down; death blow; severe disappointment.

wreck [-ed, -eth, -s] v

see wreck, n.

1. Strand; sink; submerge; bring down.
2. Drown; inundate; deluge; destroy by flood; overwhelm with precipitation.
3. Tear; demolish; lay waste; make desolate; [fig.] refute; rebut; contradict; discredit verbally.
4. Ruin; spoil.
5. Disturb; disrupt; interrupt.
6. Overtake; land upon; come ashore on; spill over onto.