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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:

Nouns denoting natural events

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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