wrecker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
noun a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)

From wreck + -er.

YANK--[With vengeful satisfaction.] Wreckers, dat's de right dope! — The Hairy Ape, Eugene O'Neill
Nature is a pandar, Time a wrecker, and Death a murderer. — Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy, Bernard Shaw
There were wrecks and wreckers, the keeper said, who was evidently au fait. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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