wreckage

5 definitions • 6 examples

a badly damaged object or the separated parts of a badly damaged object:

Two children were trapped in the wreckage.

The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.

what is left of something that has been spoiled or that has failed:

Kate was still clinging to the wreckage of her failed marriage.

what is left of something badly damaged:

Safety experts were studying the wreckage to find out what caused the crash.

a situation in which something has been badly damaged or destroyed:

The bank's directors should not be allowed to walk away from the financial wreckage they created.

the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged:

Experts were sent to inspect the plane's wreckage.