wrecker

n.

1. One that wrecks or destroys: a wrecker of dreams.
2. 1. One who is in the business of demolishing old buildings.
   2. One who dismantles cars for salvage.
3. 1. A person, vehicle, or piece of equipment employed in recovering or removing wrecks, especially a truck with a hoist and towing apparatus used in towing disabled or wrecked vehicles.
   2. One that salvages wrecked cargo or parts.
4. 1. One who lures a vessel to destruction, as by a display of lights on a rocky coastline, in order to plunder it.
   2. A plunderer.

noun

Something that causes total loss or severe impairment, as of one's health, fortune, honor, or hopes: bane, destroyer, destruction, downfall, ruin, ruination, undoing. See help/harm/harmless.

n. a person employed in recovering a wrecked ship or its contents.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vragplyndrer, bjærger, strandrøver, autoophugger, nedrivningsentreprenør, kranvogn

Nederlands (Dutch)
sloper, sleepauto

Français (French)
n. - destructeur, saboteur, naufrageur, (US) démolisseur, (US) camion-remorque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zerstörer, jmd. der Schiffbruch verursacht, Strandräuber, Abwracker, Bergungsarbeiter, Abschleppwagen, Hilfszug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατεδαφιστής

Italiano (Italian)
demolitore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - destruidor (m), barco salva-vidas (m), quem trabalha em naufrágios (m)

Русский (Russian)
грабитель потерпевших крушение судов, злоумышленник, вызывающий кораблекрушение, луддит, аварийный поезд, автомобиль технической помощи, рабочий аварийно-ремонтной бригады, рабочий или техник, занимающийся сносом домов, фирма, занимающаяся сносом домов, аварийно-спа- сательное судно, спасатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - demoledor de casas, grúa, camión grúa, gamberro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förstörare, bärgningsfartyg, bärgningsbil, vrakplundrare, rivningsarbetare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使船失事的人, 海盗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 使船失事的人, 海盜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조난선 구조자, 건물 해체업자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破壊する人, 海賊, レッカー車, 海難救助船, 解体業者, 破壊者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هادم المباني, الباحث عن السفن الغارقه, سيارة السحب لجر السيارات المحطمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הורס, מנתץ בניינים, מחלץ תכולת ספינה‬

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