wreck noun

¹ of a ship

VERB + WRECK discover, find, locate Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck. | raise, salvage They're going to try and raise the wreck from the sea bed. | salvage sth from | escape (from)

PREP. in a/the ~ They are worried about the oil still in the wreck. | on a/the ~ Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck. | ~ of the wreck of the Titanic

² of a car/plane

ADJ. total | crumpled | blazing, burning Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck.

VERB + WRECK be trapped in Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.

³ of a person/thing

ADJ. absolute, complete, total | emotional, nervous The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck. | gibbering, quivering, shaking, whimpering I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews. | physical

VERB + WRECK feel, look I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck. | reduce sb to | escape (from) | salvage sth from

PREP. ~ of They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage.