Wrecker
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The Wrecker, wrecker or wrecking may refer to:
- Wrecking (shipwreck) is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered near or close to shore
- Wrecker (comics) is a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Wrecking (Soviet crime) was a crime of industrial or economic sabotage
- The Wreckers are a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe
- The Wreckers are a musical country duo
- The Wrecker (novel), written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne in 1892 about a shipwreck.
- The Wrecker (play), written by Arnold Ridley in 1924.
- Wrecking, a synonym for demolition
Wrecker may also be:
- A vehicle used to tow away broken-down cars, see tow truck
- A person who participates in sabotage
- A wrecker is a person or ship used for hauling away material shipwrecks
[edit] See also
- Wrecking amendment is made by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a Bill and who seek to make it useless.
- Wrecking yard is an auto salvage yard.
- Receiver of Wreck is an official of the British government.
- Vehicle recovery The European name for Wrecking when applied to vehicles.