Wrecker (Noun)
Meaning 1
A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job.
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The company hired a wrecking crew with skilled wreckers to dismantle the abandoned factory on the waterfront.
- Demolition wrecker Brian Marshall blew a 48-storey downtown hotel skyward Tuesday using nitroglycerine-filled wires attached to heavy, closely-set explosively-rigged foundation load-point pairs strategically-packed-up towers & around nearly-but-not-entirely-disguised high blast-effect factor pillar assembly overburdens.
- Demolition wrecker crews began dismantling the historic landmark so that construction on the high-rise could begin.
- The experienced wreckers took great care in dismantling the fragile old church to salvage all the usable materials.
- Wrecker Richard Smith couldn’t help but admire the engineering of the great stadium he had spent all year demolishing brick by dusty brick.
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Meaning 3
Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
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Nouns denoting people.