wreath | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, coronal, garland, lei |
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wreck | (noun) a ship that has been destroyed at sea | - |
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(noun) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | Synonyms: crash |
(noun) an accident that destroys a ship at sea | Synonyms: shipwreck |
(noun) something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation | - |
wreckage | (noun) the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | - |
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wrecker | (noun) a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) | Synonyms: tow car, tow truck |
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(noun) someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | Synonyms: diversionist, saboteur |
(noun) someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job | - |
wreckfish | (noun) brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks | Synonyms: Polyprion americanus, stone bass |
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wrecking | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining |
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(noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled | Synonyms: razing |
wren | (noun) any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects | Synonyms: jenny wren |
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wrench | (noun) a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt | Synonyms: spanner |
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(noun) a jerky pulling movement | Synonyms: twist |
(noun) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | Synonyms: pull, twist |
wrester | (noun) someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements | - |
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wrestle | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestling |
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wrestler | (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: grappler, matman |
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wrestling | (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: grappling, rassling |
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(noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle |
wretch | (noun) someone you feel sorry for | Synonyms: poor devil |
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(noun) performs some wicked deed | - |
wretchedness | (noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | - |
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(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, misery |
(noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | - |