wreak

[US]/riːk/
[UK]/riːk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause (harm or damage)
Word Forms
Third Person Singularwreaks
Past Tensewreaked
Past Participlewreaked
Present Participlewreaking
Pluralwreaks

Phrases & Collocations

wreak havoc

wreak revenge

wreak havoc on

wreak havoc in

wreak destruction

Example Sentences

schoolchildren wreaking havoc in the classroom.

wreak one's thought upon expression

The wind will wreak havoc on my garden.

The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.

torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday.

grant me some knight to wreak me for my son.

the environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining.

She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.

he was determined to wreak his revenge on the girl who had rejected him.

The terrible storms wreaked havoc with electricity supplies, because so many power lines were down.

Very similar to a hedgehog, except that the knarl takes offense easily and will wreak havoc on garden plants (FB).

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