Rescuing and Wrecking

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Wrecking and rescuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrecking" instead an adjective "Rescuing".

Nearby Words: rescue, rescued, rescuer

Wrecking noun - The destruction or loss of a ship.

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Rescuing and wrecking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rescuing" instead an adjective "Wrecking".

Nearby Words: wreck, wrecked, wrecker, wreckage

In the Mission: Impossible two-parter "The Contender", Barney impersonates an up-and-coming boxer who had to give up fighting after being sent to Vietnam and wrecking his hands rescuing a man from a burning plane, claiming that he had recovered from said injury and was ready to return to boxing.

Source: Career-Ending Injury

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