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wrecked

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɹɛkt// UK //ɹˈɛkt// wrecked Slang

v. extremely tired or badly damaged. You can use it to describe how you feel after a long day or to say that a car is destroyed after a crash.

v. severely damaged or destroyed; physically or mentally exhausted. Often used in informal contexts to describe a state of total fatigue or the result of a significant accident.


SIMPLE

I am absolutely wrecked after that ten-mile run.

CONTEXTUAL

The mechanic said the car was completely wrecked and would cost more to fix than it was worth.

COMPLEX

After forty-eight hours of continuous travel across three different time zones, the entire film crew arrived at the hotel looking utterly wrecked.

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Usage

Commonly follows linking verbs like 'feel', 'look', or 'be'.

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