wreckage


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Synonyms for wreckage

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Synonyms for wreckage

an act, instance, or consequence of breaking

the act of destroying or state of being destroyed

the remains of something destroyed, disintegrated, or decayed

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Words related to wreckage

the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked

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Several of the crew of the airship were standing about in silence, contemplating the wreckage and the empty wilderness into which they had fallen.
On the other hand was the wreckage of the great airship and the men bivouacked about a second ruddy flare.
Then Tarzan selected several pieces of wreckage that might answer him as paddles, and presently was making good headway toward the far-off shore.
A second moment they devoted to the wreckage of the same on deck--the mizzen-topmast, thrust through the spanker and supported vertically by the stout canvas, thrashing back and forth with each thrash of the sail, the main- topmast squarely across the ruined companionway to the steerage.
"My word, some whale," Daughtry said to Ah Moy, as they emerged from the cabin companionway and gazed at this latest wreckage.
Images shared on Twitter suggested the crash had taken place close to a home, with pictures showing the wreckage of an aircraft lying close to a swimming pool, as local firefighters worked to douse smoking wreckage with a hose.
had located the wreckage of a ship in the vicinity of the Jin Longtai's last known location.
AIR accident investigators have said they will not recover the wreckage of the aircraft Emiliano Sala died in despite demands from his family to do so.
The rescue teams reached the spot and removed the wreckage. The rescue teams rescued the injured ones and shifted them to hospital while tree people succumbed to injuries.
Summary: Lipo (Arunachal Pradesh), Jun 11 (ANI): Hopes on the fate of 13 personnel onboard the missing IAF AN-32 aircraft appear to have been dashed with the Air Force on Tuesday saying that it has located the wreckage of the aircraft in a valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
The car was totally smashed in the crash and the rail traffic on the tracks had to be suspended for some time to remove the wreckage. Onlookers and police took out the victims Ali Mohammad Bhangwar, Sanaullah Bhangwar and Asadullah Bhangwar from the wreckage and transported them to the Kandhkot Civil Hospital.
A MAN watched a car plough into the side of his house - and his dog's kennel - before the driver 'clambered from the wreckage and ran off'.
The body found inside the wreckage of the plane carrying Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been recovered.
7 (Petra) - British rescue teams have recovered a body from the wreckage of a plane crashed two weeks ago and was carrying Argentina-born professional soccer player Emiliano Sala, Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in Britain announced late on Wednesday.
Feb 6 (Reuters) -- A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane that was carrying Argentina-born professional soccer player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in Britain said late on Wednesday.