Wreak

verb

/ɹik/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; .

"She wreaked her anger on his car."

2.verbTo chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

"The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison."

3.verbTo inflict or take vengeance on.

4.verbTo take vengeance for.

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