wrecked car

collocation in English

meaningsofwreckedandcar

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wrecked
adjective
uk
/rekt/us
/rekt/
very ...
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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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His method of operation was first to buy awreckedcar, thereby acquiring its log book.
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The rebuilding of awreckedcaris not illegal, and many of the repairs are carried out by reputable garage owners and the vehicles are then safe and roadworthy.
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She managed to buy thewreckedcar, and transported it to the desert.
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With no witnesses, her disappearance is subsequently ruled an accident resulting from falling down an abandoned mine shaft after leaving herwreckedcar.
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As she emerges from the woods, she spots the couple from thewreckedcarsearching the truck.
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As they exit the bar, thewreckedcarhas vanished, but the men are too inebriated to notice it.
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The viewpoint of one of the unseen creatures makes its way to thewreckedcar, only their screams being heard afterwards.
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He wakes up in thewreckedcarand attempts to hitch-hike home, but no one will stop for him.
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He was able to extricate himself from hiswreckedcar.
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Lives in a largewreckedcarand materializes from blue smoke.
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While walking along, the boy sees some wrecked cars in a junk yard, which he finds interesting.
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Yuma climbs into the bus and crashes it into awreckedcar.
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Pearson refired hiswreckedcar, and headed for the finish line.
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Morgan takes the two into an abandoned drive-in, tying them up and placing them in awreckedcar.
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Wrecked cars usually remained in place for long periods of time, providing a grim reminder of the dangers of the highway.
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Whether the two wrecked cars were rebuilt - or whether surviving shells were built up into functional cars - remains unknown and unpublicized.
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Oddly, he admires wrecked cars as if they were works of art.
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The leaders of the race safely navigated through the wrecked cars.
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They creep past wrecked cars until suddenly the bug appears in the fog only a few yards ahead of them.
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