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Meanings of wreck (wrecks) in anglès

portuguès
destruir
català
desbaratar
espanyol
destrozar

Smash or break forcefully.

desbaratar
portuguès
naufrágio
català
naufragi

An accident that destroys a ship at sea.

naufragi
portuguès
acidente
català
topada
espanyol
choque

A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

topada

An old decrepit automobile.

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Examples for "crash"
Examples for "crash"
1
Links: Did Andromeda crash into the Milky Way 10 billion years ago?
Radio NZ
2
The brief market crash rattled investors already unhinged by the financial crisis.
Reuters
3
Tells about the recent elections and the stock market crash.… View Article
The new yorker
4
Commentary: What Italy's power crash means for the EU First and clearest.
Reuters
5
The stock market crash of 1929 and Great Depression further shook society.
Reuters
Usage of wrecks in anglès
1
That's right -the new iPhone is turning people into anxious wrecks.
News.com.au
2
A shift where he'd worked several car wrecks and a house fire.
Riding the storm
3
The explosion wrecks the walls of the tunnel and breaks the wires.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
4
Usually from 40 meters and below we have wrecks in good condition.
Reuters
5
The ground was strewn for miles with the wrecks of their host.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Wate...
6
She did not seem like a wreck; the men were the wrecks.
Oldport Days
7
It's had its fair share of ship wrecks over the years too.
Radio NZ
8
Storm followed storm; the sea-faring people talked constantly of wrecks and losses.
Our Holidays / Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nichola...
9
The life of Julian is one of the noblest wrecks in history.
The Arian Controversy
10
Mr Stramyk says winter was the perfect time to photograph the wrecks.
News.com.au
11
Their paths in the past have been strewn with wrecks and disaster.
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
12
The way was blocked with blazing wrecks, crashed vehicles, and piled-up cars.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
13
It is the path of ambition, and it is strewn with wrecks.
Montlivet
14
The storm did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
15
Other time-tables that I buy become dissipated-looking wrecks in about a week.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
16
And maybe, the rumor was, some wrecks that were very, very new.
Nemesis Game
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