as in to inflict
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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Recent Examples of wreak
As almost everyone else in Widow’s Bay takes shelter from a storm that’s wreaking havoc and even sucking some residents into the sky, Tom goes to Ruth’s house and weighs a terrible moral dilemma.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
These worries are especially high in South Texas, where the deadly parasite could wreak havoc on whitetail populations and the state’s multi-billion-dollar deer hunting industry.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Malware, hackers, trackers, and other malicious actors can compromise your system, steal your personal data, and wreak havoc on your finances.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
Peeves, the troublemaking ghost who wreaks havoc on young wizards, will be roaming the halls of Hogwarts when the new adaptation kicks off on Christmas Day.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
These worries are especially high in South Texas, where the deadly parasite could wreak havoc on whitetail populations and the state’s multi-billion-dollar deer hunting industry.
—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Malware, hackers, trackers, and other malicious actors can compromise your system, steal your personal data, and wreak havoc on your finances.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
Peeves, the troublemaking ghost who wreaks havoc on young wizards, will be roaming the halls of Hogwarts when the new adaptation kicks off on Christmas Day.
—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreak
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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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My eyes darted back and forth, trying to grasp the imposing silhouette in its entirety.
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The filing, submitted in the San Diego County Superior Court, seeks a judge’s order to condemn and destroy the embargoed kratom products, halt ongoing unlawful manufacturing and impose civil penalties.
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