Reverse Dictionary: WRECK

ADJECTIVES
1627 ► AWRACK wrecked; ruined
1945 ► CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked → Aust. sl.
M20. ► SHAMBLED wrecked, made a shambles of → US

NOUNS
1689 ► RACKING wrecking, destruction → obs.
1881 ► BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy → Eng. dial.
2006 ► CRACK-UP an accident; a wreck → US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1552 ► BODGE (UP) to ruin; to wreck
1686 ► NAUFRAGATE to wreck → obs.
1825 ► RAMSHACKLE to throw into confusion; to reduce to a state of disorder, to wreck → Sc.
1842 ► BUST-UP an explosion; hence, a wreck, break-up, etc → US sl.
1860 ► CRACK UP to wreck → US Civil War usage
1890 ► GUM UP to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck → Amer. sl.
1904 ► RAG to wreck, to make a mess of → school sl.
1915 ► GUM THE GAME to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck
1932 ► GUM THE WORKS to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck
1939 ► TEAR UP to break, to damage, to wreck → Amer. dial.
M20. ► SHAMBLE to wreck, to devastate, to make a shambles of → US
1950 ► MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin → Sc.
1950 ► RACK UP to damage; to wreck; to harm → US sl.
1964 ► RAMSHACK to wreck; to put out of shape or order → Amer. dial.
1979 ► PAGGER to break or smash; to wreck → UK market traders’ usage