Emily Dickinson Lexicon

wreck (-ed, -eth, -s), v. [see wreck, n.]

1. Strand; sink; submerge; bring down.
2. Drown; inundate; deluge; destroy by flood; overwhelm with precipitation.
3. Tear; demolish; lay waste; make desolate; [fig.] refute; rebut; contradict; discredit verbally.
4. Ruin; spoil.
5. Disturb; disrupt; interrupt.
6. Overtake; land upon; come ashore on; spill over onto.