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wrack

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wrack

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

it's amazing how a raging sea can wrack a seemingly sturdy beachfront home

Synonyms for wrack

annihilate,
cream,
decimate,
demolish,
desolate,
destroy,
devastate,
do in,
extinguish,
nuke,
pull down,
pulverize,
raze,
rub out,
ruin,
shatter,
smash,
tear down,
total,
vaporize,
waste,
wreck

Words Related to wrack

beat,
best,
clobber,
conquer,
crush,
defeat,
drub,
lick,
master,
overbear,
overcome,
overmatch,
prevail (over),
rout,
scotch,
skunk,
subdue,
surmount,
thrash,
trim,
triumph (over),
trounce,
wallop,
whip,
win (against)

blast,
blow up,
break,
cripple,
damage,
deface,
deteriorate,
disfigure,
disintegrate,
dissolve,
dynamite,
harm,
impair,
injure,
mangle,
mar,
mutilate,
spoil,
vitiate

erode,
scour,
sweep (away),
wash out,
wear (away)

dilapidate,
disassemble,
dismantle,
gut,
take down,
unbuild,
undo,
unmake

blot out,
efface,
eradicate,
expunge,
exterminate,
extirpate,
liquidate,
obliterate,
remove,
root (out),
snuff (out),
stamp (out),
wipe out

despoil,
havoc,
loot,
pillage,
plunder,
ravage,
sack,
trample,
trash,
vandalize

assassinate,
butcher,
cut down,
dispatch,
execute,
fell,
kill,
kill off,
massacre,
mow (down),
murder,
slaughter,
slay,
take out,
zap

Near Antonyms for wrack

doctor,
fix,
mend,
patch,
recondition,
repair,
revamp

create,
invent

assemble,
fabricate,
fashion,
forge,
form,
frame,
make,
manufacture,
mold,
produce,
shape

bring about,
constitute,
establish,
father,
found,
institute,
organize

conserve,
preserve,
protect,
save

rebuild,
reconstruct,
remodel,
renovate,
restore

Antonyms for wrack

build,
construct,
erect,
put up,
raise,
rear,
set up

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“Wrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrack. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.

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