wrecking
noun1
The act by which something is wrecked.
- The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93:
2
Obsolete The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
- Derived terms
- wrecking amendment, wrecking ball, wrecking bar, wrecking car, wrecking pump, wrecking yard