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wracked

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past tense of wrack

Synonyms & Antonyms of wracked

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 wracked

annihilated,
creamed,
decimated,
demolished,
desolated,
destroyed,
devastated,
did in,
extinguished,
nuked,
pulled down,
pulverized,
razed,
rubbed out,
ruined,
shattered,
smashed,
tore down,
totaled
(or totalled),
vaporized,
wasted,
wrecked

Words Related to wracked

blasted,
blew up,
broke,
crippled,
damaged,
defaced,
deteriorated,
disfigured,
disintegrated,
dissolved,
dynamited,
harmed,
impaired,
injured,
mangled,
marred,
mutilated,
spoiled
(or chiefly British spoilt),
vitiated

eroded,
scoured,
swept (away),
washed out,
wore (away)

dilapidated,
disassembled,
dismantled,
gutted,
took down,
unbuilt,
undid,
unmade

blotted out,
effaced,
eradicated,
expunged,
exterminated,
extirpated,
liquidated,
obliterated,
removed,
rooted (out),
snuffed (out),
stamped (out),
wiped out

despoiled,
havocked,
looted,
pillaged,
plundered,
ravaged,
sacked,
trampled,
trashed,
vandalized

assassinated,
butchered,
cut down,
dispatched,
executed,
felled,
killed,
killed off,
massacred,
mowed (down),
murdered,
slaughtered,
slew,
took out,
zapped

Near Antonyms for wracked

doctored,
fixed,
mended,
patched,
reconditioned,
repaired,
revamped

created,
invented

assembled,
fabricated,
fashioned,
forged,
formed,
framed,
made,
manufactured,
molded,
produced,
shaped

brought about,
constituted,
established,
fathered,
founded,
instituted,
organized

conserved,
preserved,
protected,
saved

rebuilt,
reconstructed,
remodeled,
renovated,
restored

Antonyms for wracked

built,
constructed,
erected,
put up,
raised,
reared,
set up

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