Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with wreckage in American Collocation
wreckage
noun
singular/uncountable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈrekɪdʒ/
twisted
mangled
twisted
Firefighters cut free people trapped in the mangled wreckage of their cars.
on fire
burning
At least 10 bodies lay strewn around the burning wreckage.
spread over a large area
scattered
Divers have found the scattered wreckage of an aircraft that went missing in the Indian Ocean.
be trapped in
clear
cling to
cut someone from
pull someone from
One of the passengers had to be cut from the wreckage.