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Wrecking

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Demolition 76% connected

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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Destruction 76% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Devastation 76% connected

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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Wrack 74% connected

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wrack 74% connected

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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Razing 92% connected

of Raze

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Ruin 92% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ruination 92% connected

The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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Ruining 92% connected

of Ruin

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Contract noun · 78% connection

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Force majeure noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Illegality noun · 78% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Vis major noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Article noun · 78% connection

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

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Clause noun · 78% connection

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

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Indemnity noun · 78% connection

legal exemption from liability for damages

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Adhesion contract noun · 78% connection

a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality…

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Aleatory contract noun · 78% connection

a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the o…

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Bewreck verb · 78% connection

To wreck.

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the…

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Floating adjective · 78% connection

Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

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Hoveler noun · 78% connection

One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

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Jettison noun · 78% connection

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

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Loss verb · 78% connection

The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

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Rack noun · 78% connection

A wreck; destruction.

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Rock noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

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Shipwreck verb · 78% connection

To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if…

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Sight verb · 78% connection

To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.

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Smash noun · 78% connection

A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

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Swamp verb · 78% connection

Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

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Wreck noun · 78% connection

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a…

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Wreckage noun · 78% connection

That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.

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Wrecked imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Wreck

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Wrecker noun · 78% connection

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

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Wreckful adjective · 78% connection

Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.

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