as in inflicting
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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Recent Examples of wreaking
That means any spills will stay in the water for longer, wreaking more damage.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreaking
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Inevitably, the two men fight together, grappling on the ground and inflicting damage.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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The only way Torres can feel anything now is by inflicting some sort of pain upon himself.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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His team wasn’t due to depart London until the day after the game, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ rookie coach thought that imposing a Sunday night curfew — a decree from the team’s front office — was a dubious idea.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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At the hearing, Daniela Abratt Cohen, the attorney for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, pointed to the Parkland school shooter’s death penalty trial as precedent against sealing off the courtroom and imposing a gag order.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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One need only read the US State Department’s 2024 human rights report on China to realize that naming a Chinese official to a human rights advisory committee is analogous to putting a wolf in charge of a hen house.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Trump first responded by putting restrictions on sales of American technologies to China, including a key Nvidia AI chip.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Wreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreaking. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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