Definition of "wreckage" []

• The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. (noun)
• Something wrecked. (noun)
• The debris of something wrecked. (noun)

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• "In this CNN video tape, Taliban officials display what they call the wreckage of one of the choppers."
• "Perhaps they had time to clear the road of the accident and all the wreckage is gone."
• "Military personnel found the front bumper and were attempting to dig out the wreckage from the landslide."