as in inflicted
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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Recent Examples of wreaked
Recent storms have wreaked havoc across some Chicago suburbs, with reports of trees down, roofs blown off and multiple power outages.
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Chicago area still cleaning up after Wednesday storms All this is happening on the heels of a day where storms wreaked havoc all around the Chicago area, pulling down trees and power lines and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
—Laura Bannon, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Youths wreaked havoc on Lee’s Summit’s Downtown Days on Saturday evening, and law enforcement eventually scattered attendees with threats of Tasers and pepper balls.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
The bad weather has wreaked havoc on the rest of the on-track schedule — postponing the Truck Series race and canceling aspects of the O’Reilly schedule weekend.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2026
The borough began preparing for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend in September, after authorities grappled with two back-to-back seasons of summer violence that overwhelmed officials and wreaked havoc on the shores.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
If Neptune did have an original set of moons that more closely resembled those of its planetary neighbors, the arrival of Triton — which is just smaller than our own moon — would have wreaked havoc, crashing into the other satellites and annihilating some of them.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
This capture wreaked havoc on the Neptune system and, until now, it's been thought that the planet's third-largest moon, Nereid, was also an object captured from the Kuiper Belt.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 May 2026
Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Chicago area still cleaning up after Wednesday storms All this is happening on the heels of a day where storms wreaked havoc all around the Chicago area, pulling down trees and power lines and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
—Laura Bannon, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Youths wreaked havoc on Lee’s Summit’s Downtown Days on Saturday evening, and law enforcement eventually scattered attendees with threats of Tasers and pepper balls.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
The bad weather has wreaked havoc on the rest of the on-track schedule — postponing the Truck Series race and canceling aspects of the O’Reilly schedule weekend.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2026
The borough began preparing for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend in September, after authorities grappled with two back-to-back seasons of summer violence that overwhelmed officials and wreaked havoc on the shores.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
If Neptune did have an original set of moons that more closely resembled those of its planetary neighbors, the arrival of Triton — which is just smaller than our own moon — would have wreaked havoc, crashing into the other satellites and annihilating some of them.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
This capture wreaked havoc on the Neptune system and, until now, it's been thought that the planet's third-largest moon, Nereid, was also an object captured from the Kuiper Belt.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreaked
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The finding, drawn from a study linking survey data on borrower beliefs to credit bureau records, puts a precise number on the financial damage inflicted by years of government policy whiplash on student debt.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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That would be a huge win for polluters, worth $60-$200 million, and they would not be held accountable for the damage already inflicted on us.—
Chris Hartmann,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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The agreement imposed limits on Iran's nuclear program to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Sanctions relief for Iran would follow a timetable that Washington and Tehran would need to agree upon and extend to the removal of punitive measures imposed on the country by the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
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