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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To wreck completely; ruin; destroy. dialectal, transitive

   "a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt."

Synonyms

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crippledamagedashdesolatedestroydisperse

Example

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"a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt."

Etymology

From be- + wreck. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive or bring to”). More at be-, wreck.

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