wrecker

[rek-er] / ˈrɛk ər /

NOUN

destroyer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bomber

STRONG

Cancer annihilator assassin chemotherapy despoiler eradicator executioner exterminator firebrand iconoclast pillager poison radiation savage slaughterer vandal

WEAK

demolisher ransacker

Antonyms

WEAK

author creator restorer

NOUN

ruination

Synonyms

STRONG

bane bankrupt beggar botch break bust crush defeat defile destroyer destruction downfall drain exhaust fleece mangle mar overthrow overturn pillage rape sack smash spoil total undoing wrack wreck

WEAK

decimate deface demolish deplete deplore depredate desecrate despoil devour dilapidate disfigure do in impoverish injure maim make a mess of mutilate overwhelm pauperize ravish raze reduce shatter use up wipe out

Example Sentences

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“I know when Derwin’s there, he’s going to be a wrecker,” Still told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times

Part of this awareness was bringing these farmers on board to become protectors of the forest rather than wreckers of it.

From BBC

It is fitting that we meet a woman once described as a "wrecker of civilisation" in the grounds of a ruined priory.

From BBC

The explosive game wrecker who was a no-brainer selection at No. 2 overall in 2020.

From Washington Times

There was a “game wrecker” at rush end to cause chaos in the backfield.

From Los Angeles Times