wrecker
A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim…A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
» He watched the wrecker smash every device.
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5 senses(Australia)A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker
One who breaks up situations or events.
home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker
вреди́тельvredítelʹ, вреди́тельницаvredítelʹnica
A tow truck.
A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
(historical)Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
вреди́тельvredítelʹ, вреди́тельницаvredítelʹnica
шкідни́кškidnýk, шкідни́цяškidnýcja
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
Examples
6 sentencesHe watched the wrecker smash every device.
Dad took the car to the wrecker.
What kind of home wrecker's friend would that make me?
I wanted to call him a home wrecker to his face.
She told us she couldn't bear everyone thinking she was this home wrecker.
Translations
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Forms
plural: wreckersSynonyms
15 synonyms- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks:saboteurdiversionist
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones):tow trucktow car