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Meanings of wrecking in English

Portuguese
ruína
Catalan
ruïna
Spanish
desgracia

Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.

        ruína

        The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled.

              Usage of wrecking in English
              1
              It abides by the result of the referendum without wrecking our economy.
              The Guardian
              2
              The malicious demon concealed in the ink bottle delights in wrecking love.
              The Spinster Book
              3
              No less extraordinary is the pork-barrel tradition wrecking state and national budgets.
              The Guardian
              4
              So is PMQs really wrecking Westminster's reputation and turning people off politics?
              The Guardian
              5
              Kiera's wrecking teams hadn't got round to 'reclaiming' it from Rubra's control.
              The Naked God
              6
              I mean, everything, right down to the wrecking ball day before yesterday-
              The blackstone chronicles
              7
              And it was yesterday, only yesterday DeChooch was busy wrecking his car.
              Seven up
              8
              Those conflicts could end up affecting us all, and wrecking Cameron's hopes.
              The Guardian
              9
              Mauling other wrestlers, tearing up the practice room, wrecking teahouses and brothels.
              Shinjū
              10
              I declare that you are the men who are wrecking our party.
              The Ramrodders: A Novel
              11
              But such a salvation may mean the wrecking of many another life.
              Sermons on Biblical Characters
              12
              Some day camp, wrecking pictographs so they can expand their boat launch.
              John Winchester’s Journal
              13
              They may be wrecking the country, but their party has emerged intact.
              The Guardian
              14
              It put Archie, not your prototypical robot athlete, in havoc-wrecking thought space.
              News.com.au
              15
              This thing was beyond tears- acataclysmwrecking the whole structure of existence.
              The Top of the World
              16
              You're wrecking your life and my life because of an insane idea.
              The Tyranny of Weakness
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              Translations for wrecking
              Portuguese
              ruína
              Wrecking through the time
              Wrecking across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common