spoil vs wreck

spoil

verb
  • To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. 

  • To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. 

  • To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time. 

  • To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. 

  • Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. 

  • To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler. 

noun
  • Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else. 

  • Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. 

wreck

verb
  • To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. 

  • To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. 

  • To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. 

  • To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed. 

  • To ruin or dilapidate. 

noun
  • A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather. 

  • Something or someone that has been ruined. 

  • The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. 

  • A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed. 

  • Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck. 

  • An event in which something is damaged through collision. 

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