Synonyms for wreck

noun

1. The act of wrecking

   destruction, demolition, razing, breaking up, ruination, sabotage, smash, breakdown, bust*.

2. Anything wrecked

   junk, ruins, skeleton, hulk, stubble, collapse, bones, scattered parts, rattletrap, relic, litter, pieces, shreds, waste, wreckage, debris.

3. A shipwreck

   sea disaster, sinking, running aground, debacle, foundering.

4. An accident

   crash, car-crash, collision, smash-up*, pileup*, fender-bender*; see also collision 1.

5. *A person in poor physical condition

   incurable, invalid, consumptive, nervous case, overworked person, cripple, mess, goner, washout, scrub, shadow, skin-and-bones, walking nightmare.

verb

1. To bring to ruin

   spoil, ruin, destroy, disfigure, mangle, smash, tear down, raze, break, split, efface, batter, torpedo, tear to pieces, put out of order, impair, injure, stave in, bash in, mess up*, play hell with*, put out of commission*.

   Antonyms repair*, restore, rebuild.

2. To shipwreck

   capsize, sink, founder, split on the rocks, crash on the beach, run aground, scuttle.