Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 3 compound words that contain wrecking. The most common are listed below. Open wrecking in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- wrecking ballA heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is swung to demolish large structures.
- wrecking amendmentAn amendment made in bad faith by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and seeks to make it useless rather than simply voting against it.
- wrecking amendmentsplural of wrecking amendment: An amendment made in bad faith by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and seeks to make it useless rather than simply voting against it.
- wrecking barAny of various bars to aid with demolition tasks: prybars or crowbars.
- wrecking yardSynonym of wreck yard: The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, for the recovery of reusable parts and scrap metal.
- nerve-wreckingMisconstruction of nerve-racking.
- train wreckingpresent participle and gerund of train wreck
- wrecking barsplural of wrecking bar: Any of various bars to aid with demolition tasks: prybars or crowbars.
- wrecking carA railway car fitted with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck resulting from an accident.
- wrecking carsplural of wrecking car: A railway car fitted with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck resulting from an accident.
- wrecking pumpA pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.
- wrecking pumpsplural of wrecking pump: A pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.
- wrecking yardsplural of wrecking yard: The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, for the recovery of reusable parts and scrap metal.
Compound words 3
- homewreckingThe act of one who wrecks a home; the break-up of a married couple, especially of a family, by tempting either out of their commitment.
- shipwreckingpresent participle and gerund of shipwreck
- trainwreckingpresent participle and gerund of trainwreck