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Meaning of Wrecking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act by which something is wrecked.
  2. The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

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Examples

“The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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