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wreak
[ reek ]
wreak
/ riːk /
verb
- to inflict (vengeance, etc) or to cause (chaos, etc)
to wreak havoc on the enemy
- to express, or gratify (anger, hatred, etc)
- archaic.to take vengeance for
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈwreaker, noun
Other Words From
- wreak·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of wreak1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wreak1
Idioms and Phrases
- wreak havoc. wreak havoc.
Example Sentences
The mother also made a plea to the violent ones who wreak such havoc.
The Fox miniseries 24: Live Another Day saw a massive drone wreak havoc on London.
They eat more than 500 kinds of plants and could wreak havoc if released into the North American environment.
Watch the green-clad moustachioed menace wreak havoc in Mario Kart 8, blowing up Waluigi and then giving a “death stare.”
But this is nothing compared to the devastating havoc a default will probably wreak.
I am allowed to live only so long as I am a willing tool, and foolish enough to wreak their evil will upon my people.
Chaos is theirs, in which to wreak their mysterious vengeance: the den of the winds is more monstrous than that of lions.
It was one of the last acts of Gage to plan with the Admiral how to wreak vengeance on the inhabitants of both those ports.
Then she fell again to thinking of her wrongs and planning how she should wreak vengeance upon Margaret Edes.
I was lifted up and cried aloud in the joy of having someone on whom to wreak my vengeance.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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