Wrecker, The Wrecker or Wrecking may refer to: *

Tow truck A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, Vehicle impoundment, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recoverin ...

, the most common form of recovery vehicle * Wrecking, a synonym for

demolition Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction (building), deconstruction, which inv ...

* A person who participates in

sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

* Wrecking (Soviet Union), a crime of industrial or economic sabotage *

Wrecking (shipwreck) Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered or run aground close to shore. Often an unregulated activity of opportunity in coastal communities, wrecking has been subjected to increasing regulation and evolved i ...

, hauling away valuables from a shipwreck *

Crane (rail) A railway crane (North America: railroad crane, crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of Crane (machine), crane used on a rail transport, railway for one of three primary purposes: freight handling in goods yards, maintenance of ...

Film and television

* ''Wrecker'' (film), a 2015 film * ''The Wrecker'' (1929 film), based on Ridley's play * ''The Wrecker'' (1933 film) * ''The Wrecker'' (upcoming film) * "Wrecker", a clone trooper in the ''Star Wars'' series * ''Wreckers'' (film), a 2011 film * Wreckers (Transformers), a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe * ''Thee Wreckers'', characters in Thee Wreckers Tetralogy by artist filmmaker '' Rosto''

Literature

Wrecker (comics) The Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'', portrayed by ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * ''The Wrecker'' (Cussler novel), a 2009 novel by

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on ''The New York Times'' fiction best-sell ...

and Justin Scott * ''The Wrecker'' (Stevenson novel), an 1892 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne * ''The Wrecker'' (play), a 1924 play by Arnold Ridley * The Mystery of Wreckers' Rock by

William Arden Michael Collins is the best-known pseudonym of Dennis Lynds (January 15, 1924 – August 19, 2005), an American author who primarily wrote mystery fiction. Over four decades Lynds published some 80 novels and 200 short stories, in both myste ...

; a 1986

Three Investigators The Three Investigators is an American juvenile detective book series first published as "''Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators''". It was created by Robert Arthur Jr., who believed involving a famous person such as movie director Alfr ...

story *

Wrecker (Hiaasen novel) Wrecker, The Wrecker or Wrecking may refer to: * Tow truck, the most common form of recovery vehicle * Wrecking, a synonym for demolition * A person who participates in sabotage * Wrecking (Soviet Union), a crime of industrial or economic sabotag ...

, a 2023 young adult novel by

Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen (; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his ...

Music

* ''Wrecker'', an album by the

Mono Men The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but the Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto- ...

* "Wrecker", a song by Megadeth from '' Th1rt3en'' *

The Wreckers The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album '' Stand Still, Look Pretty'', which pr ...

, a musical country duo * ''The Wreckers'' (opera), a 1906 opera by Ethel Smyth * "The Wreckers", a song by Rush from the 2012 album ''

Clockwork Angels ''Clockwork Angels'' is the nineteenth and final studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on June 8, 2012, on Roadrunner Records. During the band's year-and-a-half break following its Snakes & Arrows Tour, the group decided to write ...

'' * "Thee Wreckers", a music project by artist/musician '' Rosto''

People

* The Wrecker, nickname for American professional bodybuilder

Sarah Dunlap Sarah Dunlap (born June 26, 1980) is an American bodybuilder. In 2007, she won the Jan Tana Classic in the lightweight and overall categories and was placed ninth at the Ms. Olympia competition. She is a personal trainer and sells fitness equip ...

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People

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