About The Word Wrecker
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Wrecker
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What's The Definition Of Wrecker?
[n] a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
[n] someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [n] someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job Synonyms | Synonyms for Wrecker: diversionist | saboteur | tow car | tow truck Related Terms | Find terms related to Wrecker: See Also | destroyer | housebreaker | housewrecker | jack | knacker | laborer | labourer | manual laborer | motortruck | ruiner | sleeper | truck | undoer | uprooter | waster Wrecker In Webster's Dictionary \Wreck"er\, n.
1. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
2. One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of
vessels, etc. Specifically:
(a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder.
(b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a
wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the
wreckers of Key West.
3. A vessel employed by wreckers.
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