Total
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
Total is a synonym for wreck (North American) in help topic. Sometimes you can use "Total" instead the word "Wreck" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as trash, ruin. informal substitute
How words are described
| human | human total | human wreck |
| full | full total | full wreck |
| actual | actual total | actual wreck |
| massive | massive total | massive wreck |
| Other adjectives: scared. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It is designed to wreck our technological society before the Tripod assault: an instrument of total war.
Source: Film / War of the Worlds -
It is designed to wreck our technological society before the tripod assault: a instrument of total war.
Source: EMP - Inquisitor Glokta, one of the main protagonists, was a dashing Master Swordsman and all around "golden boy" until he was captured in battle and horribly tortured, leaving him a total physical wreck.
Source: Being Tortured Makes You Evil
Cite this Source
Wreck and Total. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/total/wreck
Total & Wreck. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/total/wreck>.
Wreck or Total. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/total/wreck.
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