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- Dictionarywreckage/ˈrɛkɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. the remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed: "firemen had to cut him free from the wreckage of the car"
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a situation in which something has been badly damaged or destroyed: The bank's directors should not be allowed to walk away from the financial wreckage they created. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged: Experts were sent to inspect the plane's wreckage.
The meaning of WRECKAGE is the act of wrecking : the state of being wrecked. How to use wreckage in a sentence.
Wreckage definition: act of wrecking; state of being wrecked. . See examples of WRECKAGE used in a sentence.
Define wreckage. wreckage synonyms, wreckage pronunciation, wreckage translation, English dictionary definition of wreckage. n. The debris or remains of something wrecked: the wreckage of a plane crash; flood wreckage.
a situation in which something has been badly damaged or destroyed: The bank's directors should not be allowed to walk away from the financial wreckage they created. the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged: Experts were sent to inspect the plane's wreckage.
What's left behind after a destructive accident or disaster is called wreckage. The day after tornadoes sweep through a town, its inhabitants might search the wreckage of their houses for mementoes and valuables.
When a plane, car, or building has been destroyed, you can refer to what remains as the wreckage.
the parts that remain of a car, ship, or aircraft that has been destroyed: Two survivors were pulled from the wreckage. (Definition of wreckage from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed. A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion.
When something such as a plane, car, or building has been destroyed, you can refer to what remains as wreckage or the wreckage. 2. If something such as a plan has failed or been spoilt completely, you can refer to what remains as the wreckage of it.
