wrecking
[noun]
Synonyms: sabotage, subversion, undermining, wreckage

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wrecking noun². ['rɛkɪŋ] N. Amer. E19.
[from WRECK noun¹ + -ING².]
The action or business of salvaging or clearing away a wreck or wrecks. Freq. attrib.
attrib.: wrecking car, wrecking crane, wrecking truck, etc.

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wrecking verbal noun¹. ['rɛkɪŋ] L18.
[from WRECK verb¹ + -ING¹.]
The action of WRECK verb¹; spec. the action or business of demolishing a building etc.

Comb.:
wrecking ball a heavy metal ball which may be swung from a crane into a building to demolish it; wrecking bar an iron bar with one end chisel-shaped for prising and the other bent and split to form a claw.

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