Definitions for wrecking ball
wreck·ing ball

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1. wrecking ballnoun

   a heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings.

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1. Wrecking Ball

   Wrecking Ball is a song recorded by American singer Miley Cyrus for her fourth studio album, Bangerz (2013). It was released on August 25, 2013, by RCA Records as the album's second single. The song was written by Dr. Luke and Cirkut, who also served as the producers, as well as Mozella, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek, David Kim, and Cyrus. "Wrecking Ball" is a pop ballad which lyrically discusses the deterioration of a relationship. "Wrecking Ball" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 50, and later became Cyrus' first number-one single in the United States after the release of its controversial music video; it retained the peak position during the following week. Nine weeks later, the track returned to number one, and consequently had the largest gap between number-one sittings in Billboard Hot 100 history within a single chart run. As of January 2014, "Wrecking Ball" has sold three million copies in the United States. Internationally, the song charted strongly; it topped the charts in Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom, and charted in the top ten throughout much of Europe and Oceania.

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1. Wrecking ball

   A wrecking ball is a heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings. It was most common during the 1950s and 1960s. Several wrecking companies claim to have invented the wrecking ball. An early documented use was in the breaking up of the SS Great Eastern in 1888-1889, by Henry Bath and Co, at Rock Ferry on the river Mersey. With the invention of hydraulic excavators and other machinery, the wrecking ball has become less common at demolition sites because its working efficiency is smaller compared to that of long reach excavators. Although the wrecking ball is still the most efficient way to raze a concrete frame structure, it is decreasing in use.

How to pronounce wrecking ball?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wrecking ball in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wrecking ball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of wrecking ball in a Sentence

1. Adam Schiff:

   The wrecking ball it created now has banged into our British allies and our German allies, it's continuing to grow in terms of damage, and he needs to put an end to this, now maybe this is the way he conducted his real estate business, with half-truths and sometimes no-truths and a lot of bluster. That, in my opinion, is no way to run a business. But it's an even worse way to run a country.

2. Sarah Palin:

   He was like a golden wrecking ball, he wrecked what needed to be wrecked … in order to allow us to rebuild.

3. Steve Kerr:

   I dont even know what to say about Draymond, he was a wrecking ball, destroying everything in his path.

4. Bob Menendez:

   These claims are absurd, particularly from an administration that has taken a wrecking ball to America's global leadership on promoting fundamental rights across the world.

5. Curtis Sliwa:

   I hold the mayor completely responsible for this because he’s taken a wrecking ball to our police department.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wrecking_Ball
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_Ball
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wrecking ball