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wreckage

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wreck·age  (rkj)
n.
1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked.
2. Something wrecked.
3. The debris of something wrecked.

wreckage
Noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or badly damaged, such as a crashed car or aircraft

Wreckage fragments of the remains of shipwrecks or damaged buildings, 1874.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wreckage - the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"
flotsam, jetsam - the floating wreckage of a ship
lagan, lagend, ligan - goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
Translations
Spanish wreckage [ˈrɛkɪdʒ] n (= remains) → restos mpl [of building] → escombros mpl
French wreckage [ˈrɛkɪdʒ] wreck ndébris mpl [of building]; décombres mpl [of ship]; naufrage m
German wreckage [ˈrɛkɪdʒ] wreck n [of car, plane, building] → Trümmer pl [of ship] → Wrackteile pl
Italian wreckage [ˈrɛkɪdʒ] nrottami mpl [of building] → macerie fpl [of ship] → relitti mpl

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Yes, Arethusa herself and Pandora, whom we all know by her box, looked down upon the two new managers of the Opera, who ended by clutching at some piece of wreckage and from there stared silently at Box Five on the grand tier.
An examination of the wreckage showed that their greatest danger, now, lay in fire, for the flames were licking hungrily at the splintered wood of the wrecked cabin, and had already found a foothold upon the lower deck through a great jagged hole which the explosion had opened.
When Pete arrived Maggie, in a worn black dress, was waiting for him in the midst of a floor strewn with wreckage.
 
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