Make and Wreck

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Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Usage example: will you help me make the dough for the cookies?
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Antonyms for Make
Wreck is an antonym for make.
Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Wreck

Wreck verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Make is an antonym for wreck.
Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking
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How words are described

human human make human wreck
old old make old wreck
physical physical make physical wreck
complete complete make complete wreck
Other adjectives: actual, bad, psychological.

Common collocations

life make life wreck life
people make people wreck people
deal make deal wreck deal
case make case wreck case
Other words: time, room, way, world, game, plans, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Imajica Then it becomes "Let's make the reconciliation happen before the Autarch turns the whole Fifth Dominion into a wreck".
    Source: Literature / Imajica
  • Burns: If you want to make an omelette... you have to wreck a few planets.
    Source: You Can't Make an Omelette...
  • Strawman Has a Point Becoming emotionally invested with a patient only to watch helplessly as they die will make anyone an emotional wreck.
    Source: Strawman Has a Point
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