wreak
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentmentRevenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
» Vandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.
Вандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed
Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(archaic, literary)Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
(archaic, literary)Punishment; retribution; payback.
Examples
17 sentencesVandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.
Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha
ruВандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed
The children wreaked havoc in the house.
Діти вчинили гармидер удома. — Ahha
The golem wreaked havoc on the village.
They wreaked bloody havoc on the city.
A hurricane can wreak destruction everywhere it goes.
Origin
From Middle English wreke, wrake, Northern Middle English variants of wreche, influenced lFrom Middle English wreke, wrake, Northern Middle English variants of wreche, influenced later by Etymology 1, above. Compare Dutch wraak.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source