as in to inflict
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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Don’t let smoke, dust or pet dander wreak havoc in your home with this smart air purifier.
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Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Once during tax time to prepare for open-toe season, and again when fall begins to recover from the damage open-toe season has wreaked.
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Lauren Silbert,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
And Caglianone wasn’t done wreaking havoc at the plate.
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Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Trapped between the barnacles can be several invasive species that wreak havoc on marine environments.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Once during tax time to prepare for open-toe season, and again when fall begins to recover from the damage open-toe season has wreaked.
—
Lauren Silbert,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
And Caglianone wasn’t done wreaking havoc at the plate.
—
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Trapped between the barnacles can be several invasive species that wreak havoc on marine environments.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Yet meaningful change has been slow to materialize, souring views of Starmer’s premiership and inflicting heavy losses on the Labour Party in local government elections in May, which virtually sealed his fate.
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Minnesota is among the states with a history of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their families and subjecting them to years in boarding schools that aimed to erase Native cultures, inflicting centuries of intergenerational trauma.
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Both countries impose severe penalties on LGBTQ people.
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Starting on July 1, the California Department of Parks and Recreation can now impose new penalties on folks who fail to cancel their campsite reservations in a timely manner or fail to show for their reservation.
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“Wreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreak. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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