wreckagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈrek.ɪdʒ/us/ˈrek.ɪdʒ/C2 a badly damaged object or the separated parts of a badly damaged object:
Two children were trapped in the wreckage.
The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.
what is left of something that has been spoiled or that has failed:
Kate was still clinging to the wreckage of her failed marriage.
More examples
- Investigators combed through the wreckage.
- Forensic scientists are examining the wreckage for clues about the cause of the explosion.
- Rescue teams searched among the wreckage for survivors.
- They had to amputate his foot to free him from the wreckage.
- Rescuers took several hours to cut the survivors free from the wreckage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- relic
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- rump
- the shirt off sb's back idiom
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
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