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English
Etymology
From wreck + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
wrecker (plural wreckers)
- (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
- Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker
- One who breaks up situations or events.
- A tow truck.
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
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person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts
one who breaks up situations, events