Wreak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To inflict (vengeance or punishment) upon a person.
  • v. To express or gratify (anger, malevolence, or resentment); vent.
  • v. To bring about; cause: wreak havoc.
  • v. Archaic To take vengeance for; avenge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury.
  • v. To inflict or take vengeance on.
  • n. Punishment; retribution, revenge.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To reck; to care.
  • v. To revenge; to avenge.
  • v. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive.
  • n. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To revenge; avenge: with either the offense or the person offended as the object.
  • To execute; inflict: as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
  • n. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
  • n. Punishment.
  • An erroneous spelling of reck.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  • Verb Form
    wreaked    wreaken    wreaking    wreaks    wroken   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    create    make   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reck    care    revenge    avenge    inflict    vengeance    resentment    execute   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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