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wrecker
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wrecker
(noun)
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wrecker
/
ˈ
rɛkɚ/
noun
plural
wreckers
wrecker
/
ˈ
rɛkɚ/
noun
plural
wreckers
Learner's definition of WRECKER
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1
US
:
a truck that takes away cars that are damaged or not working
:
tow truck
2
:
someone or something that destroys something
—
used in combination
Lying about your education is a surefire career-
wrecker
.
a
home-wrecker
[=someone who has an affair with a married person and causes that person's marriage to fail]
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