as in to inflict
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump placed his political differences with Newsom to one side during his hourslong itinerary in California at the end of his first week of being president again to survey the destruction wreaked in and around Los Angeles by the fires.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Feb. 2025
The Artist Known as Muse is here to wreak some bloody havoc.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Mar. 2025
This also feels like a reflection of Rick’s own fragile emotional state, and the capacity of this lonely, miserable, perhaps misunderstood character to wreak destruction.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump placed his political differences with Newsom to one side during his hourslong itinerary in California at the end of his first week of being president again to survey the destruction wreaked in and around Los Angeles by the fires.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Feb. 2025
The Artist Known as Muse is here to wreak some bloody havoc.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Mar. 2025
This also feels like a reflection of Rick’s own fragile emotional state, and the capacity of this lonely, miserable, perhaps misunderstood character to wreak destruction.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wreak
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“Wreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreak. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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