wreck
n. countablen. something that has been badly damaged or destroyed, like a car after a crash or a ship that sank. It can also describe a person who is very tired or upset.
n. the remains of something that has been severely damaged or ruined, particularly a vehicle or building. In a figurative sense, it refers to a person in a state of physical or mental collapse.
The divers found an old ship wreck at the bottom of the sea.
After working sixteen hours straight without a break, he was a total wreck by the time he got home.
The investigators spent weeks examining the twisted metal of the train wreck to determine if the cause was mechanical failure or human error.
From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
Often used with 'of' to describe the ruined state of an object or person, such as 'a wreck of a building'.