Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic, literary)Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

  2. (archaic, literary)Punishment; retribution; payback.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Vandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.

    Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha

    ruВандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed

  2. The children wreaked havoc in the house.

    Діти вчинили гармидер удома. — Ahha

  3. The golem wreaked havoc on the village.

  4. They wreaked bloody havoc on the city.

  5. A hurricane can wreak destruction everywhere it goes.

Origin

From Middle English wreke, wrake, Northern Middle English variants of wreche, influenced l

From Middle English wreke, wrake, Northern Middle English variants of wreche, influenced later by Etymology 1, above. Compare Dutch wraak.

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Forms

plural: wreaks
Singularwreak
Pluralwreaks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wreak — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto