<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.</li><li>wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore.</li><li>the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.</li><li>a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.</li><li>the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes.</li><li>a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.</li><li>to involve in a wreck.</li><li>to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car.</li><li>to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building.</li><li>to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health.</li><li>(used without object) to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing.</li><li>to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>