wrecker Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
diversionist; saboteur.
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noun a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
tow car; tow truck.
WordNet
Wreck"er noun
Definitions
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One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like. -
One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder.(b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel;as, the .wreckers of Key West -
A vessel employed by wreckers.