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wrecking en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The act by which something is wrecked.
   • 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. 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93:
2. (obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

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Deriveds

wrecking amendment · wrecking car · wrecking bar · wrecking yard · wrecking ball · wrecking pump

wrecking en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wreck
   form of wreck