1. a truck equipped to tow or haul away damaged or disabled vehicles
2. a person or thing that destroys or ruins something
3. a person who salvages materials from wrecked ships or buildings

Examples

• The wrecker arrived to tow the car after the accident.
• We called a wrecker when our truck broke down on the highway.
• The hurricane was a wrecker of homes and businesses.
• His gambling addiction made him a wrecker of his own family.
• The old wrecker made a living salvaging metal from abandoned buildings.
• Coastal wreckers once collected goods from ships that ran aground.
• The wrecker’s yard was full of damaged vehicles waiting to be scrapped.