Garbage and Wreck

Garbage

Garbage noun - Discarded or useless material.

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Wreck and garbage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wreck" instead a noun "Garbage".

Nearby Word: garb

Wreck noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

Usage example: found the wreck of the ship lying on the floor of the ocean

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Garbage and wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Garbage" instead a noun "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

old	old garbage	old wreck
complete	complete garbage	complete wreck
utter	utter garbage	utter wreck
total	total garbage	total wreck
Other adjectives: actual, living, aforementioned, burnt.

Wreck-Gar gets his name from Angry Archer's abbreviating what he previously called himself, "worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage".

Source: Appropriated Appellation
Wreck-Gar of Transformers Animated switches from neutral to criminal to Autobot to good for only one thing - GARBAGE!

Source: Heel Face Revolving Door / Western Animation
Transformers Animated: People tend to forget about Wreck-Gar's seemingly endless supply of garbage.

Source: Awesome Backpack

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