as in to ruin
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
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Recent Examples of wrack
After weeks of captivating blind auditions, nerve-wracking eliminations and the high-stakes playoffs round, each coach selected one artist from their team to advance to the finale.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Redistricting will face a final vote in the Indiana Senate this week, possibly ending a months-long saga wracked by violent threats, primary challengers and an unusual amount of national political pressure.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
Yet, many monitoring bodies are wracked by delays due to lack of planning, support and resources.
—Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
Courtesy Hanna Everett But Everett is still wracked with guilt.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Redistricting will face a final vote in the Indiana Senate this week, possibly ending a months-long saga wracked by violent threats, primary challengers and an unusual amount of national political pressure.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
Yet, many monitoring bodies are wracked by delays due to lack of planning, support and resources.
—Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
Courtesy Hanna Everett But Everett is still wracked with guilt.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrack
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And, from this week’s issue, Nicola Twilley’s reporting on another lingering effect of the wildfires—smoke taint that is ruining grapes and threatening California’s wine industry.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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This will either change your life or ruin you.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the Red Sox destroyed and ended their relationship with their only true power hitter and proven winner for a player who, though an undeniably excellent addition, was here for 117 total games.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the Pacific Palisades and nearby Malibu, flames burned for 31 days, scorching 37 square miles and destroying more than 6,000 structures, most of them homes.—
Sarah Alegre,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Givaudan initiated the process to receive a wrecking permit in August and has been working over the past few months to get the proper approval from various agencies, including Louisville MSD and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Jan. 2026
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The internet has the ability to create assassins and sway elections and destroy families, to waste our time and wreck our life.—
Gideon Leek,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Even though she was utterly devastated, a small part of her saw it as a kind of gift.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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When the oily messenger arrives at the hotel, Lucy is confused and devastated.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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There is a child whose happy world is shattered when his friends from Oz cannot make the leap into what people around him consider to be reality.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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John Raoux / Associated Press The Jacksonville Jaguars lost a close wild-card playoff game at home Sunday to the Buffalo Bills, shattering their Super Bowl dreams.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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It is designed to mirror the East Wing addition after the previous building was demolished last year.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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In order to do so, the city has to acquire the land and purchase the properties — valued at $22 million total — and demolish them, causing several businesses to close or relocate to make way for the project.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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Agents told investigators that one of their colleagues opened fire Thursday after the driver put the truck in reverse and repeatedly slammed into an unoccupied car the agents had rented, smashing its headlights and knocking off its front bumper.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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In witness footage shared by the police, the paraglider is seen falling from the sky with a faulty parachute and spiraling quickly towards the waters below, before smashing into the ocean in front of horrified beachgoers.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Wrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrack. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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