Sentence examples for were wrecked from inspiring English sources

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were wrecked

verb

To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

  • He wrecked the car in a collision.

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Stores were wrecked.

Some homes were wrecked; others were untouched.

Many lives were wrecked at Fairbridge.

Most were wrecked long before that.

Last year 171 were wrecked, according to official figures.

A million dinner parties were wrecked by violent rows.

Careers were wrecked by it; lives catastrophically overturned.

Bridges and roads were wrecked throughout the affected region.

Several shops in the market were wrecked, and six civilian cars were set ablaze.

The UN and Israeli human rights groups said hundreds of homes were wrecked.

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"When I came to, I could see that our vehicles were wrecked and the injured were everywhere," he said.

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