wreak

Definitions


[riːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (a large amount of damage or harm)
(e.g: torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English wrecan ‘drive (out), avenge’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen; compare with wrack, wreck, and wretch




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