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How to pronounce wrecker in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms diversionist, saboteur
Type of destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
Has types sleeper
Derivation wreck
Type Words
Synonyms tow car, tow truck
Type of motortruck, truck
Derivation wreck
Type Words
Type of labourer, jack, laborer, manual laborer
Has types housebreaker, housewrecker, knacker
Derivation wreck

Examples of wrecker

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Choate operates a wrecker service nearby and would store trucks in the building.
From the tennessean.com
Two hours later, when the wrecker came, she realized how great a day it had been.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He said he crested a hill and saw that a wrecker in front of him had stopped.
From the al.com
The soldiers had to abandon the wrecker and later found it destroyed and in flames.
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This situation could be a marriage wrecker if I don't figure out how to get past it.
From the omaha.com
It's time to roll in with a huge armored wrecker capable of pulling a disabled tank.
From the omaha.com
Although he missed his chance to succeed Mr Kan, Mr Ozawa is a proven party-wrecker.
From the economist.com
Wrecker is 18 when she is released from jail, and he's grown into a sturdy young man.
From the denverpost.com
But nor is he still the wrecker that he was for more than 30 bigoted, extremist years.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
  • Saboteur: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
  • Tow truck: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
  • The Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Wrecker was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appears in The Mighty Thor #148 (Jan. 1968).
  • The Wrecker is a British play, written in 1924 by Arnold Ridley, who much later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army.
  • The Wrecker is a novel by Clive Cussler.
  • The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story is a 'sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery'. ...
  • (Wreckers (Transformers)) The Wreckers are a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe, functioning essentially as a commando unit. ...
  • (The wreckers) The Wreckers were an American country duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. ...