Collocations for "wrecking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wrecking" in context.
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wreck
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- a [boat, car, plane, train] wreck
- the wreck of a [boat]
- [survivors, casualties] of the wreck
- working to [clear, remove] the wreck
- [pulled, wrenched, freed] [from, out of] the wreck
- cut free from the wreck of the [car]
- sent (in) to [observe, investigate, clear] the wreck
- the [house, property, building] was a wreck
- left the [house] in a wreck
- the [stress, workload] left him a wreck
- this [stress] is making me a wreck
- you need to [rest, settle down]. You're a wreck
- [turned into, became] a nervous wreck
- was a nervous wreck [before, during] the interview
- their marriage has become a wreck
- a wreck of a marriage
- the wreck of their [hopes, plans, ambitions]
- wreck a [house, village, building]
- the [hurricane, floods, vandals] wrecked the [building, place]
- wrecked by [vandals, rioters]
- the ship was wrecked [near the coast, off the cape, by an iceberg]
- [the sailors, the crew, they] were wrecked
- he wrecked the [car, motorbike, speedboat]
- the [car] was [totally, completely] wrecked
- wreck your [chances, career, hopes]
- [injury, late decision] wrecked her [chances]
- wrecked his [ankle, knee]
- wrecked it for [everyone, the rest of us, me]