wrecking

English

Verb

wrecking

  1. present participle and gerund of wreck

Noun

wrecking (plural wreckings)

  1. The act by which something is wrecked.
    • 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93:
      The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
  2. (obsolete) The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

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