wrecks
Ships beneath waves
Wrecks is the plural of wreck—the remains of something destroyed or badly damaged, especially vehicles and ships: The ocean floor is littered with wrecks.
A person who is a wreck is in poor physical or emotional condition: She was a nervous wreck before the interview.
The verb wrecks means destroys or ruins: He wrecks everything he touches.
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- pileupSequential vehicular collision
debris · highway · guardrail · rollover · fender · airbag · skidmarks · towing
Descended beneath water level
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- divingEntering water deliberately
reef · seabed · flotsam · jetsam · maritime · nautical · anchor · hull
Scattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- hulkMassive body or shell
- shellHard outer covering
skeleton · ruins · remnants · carcass · husk · derelict · abandoned · gutted
Severe widespread destruction
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- collapseSudden structural failure
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
carnage · obliteration · annihilation · decimation · damage · vandalism · sabotage · razing
Statement of ownership or truth
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- coverageExtent of inclusion
adjuster · settlement · damage · assessment · compensation · write-off · appraisal · deductible
Uneasy and apprehensive
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
sobbing · distraught · shattered · overwhelmed · unraveling · distressed · frazzled · spent
collision
Forceful contact between objects
pileup · debris · highway · guardrail · rollover · fender · airbag · skidmarks · towing · junkyard
sunken
Descended beneath water level
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
diving · reef · seabed · flotsam · jetsam · maritime · nautical · anchor · hull · cargo
debris
Scattered broken fragments
shell · skeleton · ruins · remnants · carcass · husk · derelict · abandoned · gutted · charred
devastation
Severe widespread destruction
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- collapseSudden structural failure
havoc · carnage · obliteration · annihilation · decimation · damage · vandalism · sabotage · razing · leveling
claim
Statement of ownership or truth
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
coverage · adjuster · settlement · damage · assessment · compensation · write-off · appraisal · deductible · payout
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
breakdown · sobbing · distraught · shattered · overwhelmed · unraveling · distressed · frazzled · spent · drained
- smash wordsslams, shatters, breaks, crushes, cracks
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- junkyardsjunk cars, totaled cars, abandoned cars, car bodies, auto parts
- diving spotsdive sites, night dives, reefs, cenotes, blue holes
- navigation obstructionssandbars, reefs, rocks, shoals, debris
- train wreckUtter chaotic disaster
- nervous wreckPerson overwhelmed by anxiety
- wrecking ballCrane-swung demolition weight
- car wreckDestroyed vehicle from collision
- home wreckerOne causing marital dissolution
- wrecking yardAuto dismantling facility
wreck, wrecked, wreckage, wrecking, shipwreck, wrecker, shipwrecks, wreckages, wreckers