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wrecker


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wrecker  \Wreck"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  causes  a  wreck,  as  by  false  lights,  and  the  like 
 
  2.  One  who  searches  fro,  or  works  upon  the  wrecks  of 
  vessels,  etc  Specifically: 
  a  One  who  visits  a  wreck  for  the  purpose  of  plunder. 
  b  One  who  is  employed  in  saving  property  or  lives  from  a 
  wrecked  vessel,  or  in  saving  the  vessel;  as  the 
  wreckers  of  Key  West. 
 
  3.  A  vessel  employed  by  wreckers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wrecker 
  n  1:  someone  who  demolishes  or  dismantles  buildings  as  a  job 
  2:  someone  who  commits  sabotage  [syn:  {saboteur},  {diversionist}] 




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