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Wrecker

//ˈɹɛkɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. Australia

    "Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker"

  2. 2
    a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) wordnet
  3. 3
    One who breaks up situations or events.

    "home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker"

  4. 4
    someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks wordnet
  5. 5
    A tow truck.
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  1. 6
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job wordnet
  2. 7
    A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
  3. 8
    Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways. historical

Etymology

From wreck + -er.

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