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"wreck" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often ruin (4 letters).
Definitions
smash or break forcefully
Word origin
From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
Used in a sentence
“He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.”
“To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]”
“In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ruined vehicle”5 letters
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