Nick and Wreck

Nick

Nick verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.

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Wreck and nick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wreck" instead a verb "Nick".

Nearby Words: nicked, Nicky, Nicki, Nickie

Wreck verb - To cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking.

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Nick and wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nick" instead a verb "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

complete	complete nick	complete wreck
psychotic	psychotic nick	psychotic wreck

someone	nick someone	wreck someone
powers	nick powers	wreck powers

Laser-Guided Karma: Cora and Frank get away with Nick's murder—but after the car wreck that kills Cora, Frank is convicted of murdering her, even though it was really an accident.

Source: Film / The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
In Zootopia, when the train car explodes and Judy and Nick are watching the burning mess, eventually a metal part comes off the wreck and falls down with a loud noise.

Source: Cue the Falling Object
Reality Ensues: The film does not romanticize vigilantism and vengeance in the least; Nick is an emotional wreck after killing the first gang member and it escalates into the gang retaliating against his family, killing his wife and putting his other son in a coma.

Source: Film / Death Sentence

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