wrecker

From wreck +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkə(ɹ)

wrecker (plural wreckers)

1. (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.

   Near-synonyms: breaker, knacker; salvager, salvor; scrapper, scrap dealer; shipbreaker, car breaker

2. One who breaks up situations or events.

   home wrecker / marriage wrecker / party wrecker

3. A tow truck.
4. A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
5. (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.

• (one who wrecks): breaker, destroyer, ruiner, vandal

• (antonym(s) of “one who wrecks”): builder, constructor, maker, producer