Synonyms of wrack

wrack

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruin
• destroy
• wreck
• devastate
• shatter
• demolish
• damage
• smash
• overcome
• waste
• desolate
• ravage
• erode
• decimate
• annihilate
• mar
• extinguish
• vaporize
• pulverize
• cream
• total
• cripple
• tear down
• raze
• pull down
• kill
• rub out
• break
• defeat
• crush
• dismantle
• injure
• subdue
• blast
• nuke
• best
• remove
• spoil
• do in
• harm
• impair
• deteriorate
• disintegrate
• conquer
• surmount
• havoc
• disfigure
• prevail (over)
• scour
• win (against)
• rout
• lick
• whip
• trim
• triumph (over)
• vitiate
• dissolve
• plunder
• mutilate
• scotch
• master
• mangle
• obliterate
• eradicate
• thrash
• deface
• gut
• slaughter
• undo
• dynamite
• sweep (away)
• unmake
• sack
• overbear
• beat
• blow up
• pillage
• wear (away)
• wipe out
• wash out
• despoil
• clobber
• take down
• loot
• extirpate
• disassemble
• exterminate
• assassinate
• fell
• efface
• blot out
• slay
• trample
• trounce
• drub
• dilapidate
• liquidate
• expunge
• cut down
• overmatch
• murder
• wallop
• unbuild
• zap
• massacre
• stamp (out)
• butcher
• take out
• snuff (out)
• trash
• vandalize
• kill off
• root (out)
• execute
• skunk
• dispatch
• mow (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• set up
• raise
• construct
• erect
• create
• put up
• repair
• rear
• fix
• patch
• produce
• make
• form
• found
• mend
• shape
• protect
• save
• assemble
• organize
• invent
• preserve
• manufacture
• establish
• bring about
• mold
• constitute
• frame
• recondition
• forge
• revamp
• institute
• conserve
• restore
• fashion
• rebuild
• fabricate
• doctor
• reconstruct
• father
• renovate
• remodel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrack

Members of Mastodon said they were wracked with grief when their cofounder and former guitarist was killed in a motorcycle crash last summer. — Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026

The dam to my grief burst into loud, gut-wrenching sobs, wracking my body and crushing my soul. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

The biggest American star in men’s tennis met the biggest star in the sport — a matchup wracked with tension that delivered through five sets — on a school night. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Still, even on video, Davis doesn’t appear wracked with guilt or anguish about the possibility of spending the rest of his life in the Nevada penitentiary system. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026