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
The View From Quasi-Retirement AI has already been wreaking havoc on the Cannes Lions awards themselves.
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Max Tani,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
Hormuz was not an asteroid crashing into the global economy just wreaking havoc.
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George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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
Small parts and fragments of material clog up your dishwasher, wreaking havoc in their wake.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
New research suggests this late-night habit could be wreaking havoc.
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Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
Rolling later confessed to a triple homicide of a father, daughter and grandson in his hometown and shooting his father before wreaking havoc in Gainesville.
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Corin Cesaric,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The Deland defense was led by Banks, who had three sacks in the game and made numerous tackles, wreaking havoc all night.
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Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
Without mushrooms or fungal infections either vying for space or wreaking havoc on your plants, ground cover can flourish unabated.
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Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
23 May 2026
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
Hormuz was not an asteroid crashing into the global economy just wreaking havoc.
—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Small parts and fragments of material clog up your dishwasher, wreaking havoc in their wake.
—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
New research suggests this late-night habit could be wreaking havoc.
—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
Rolling later confessed to a triple homicide of a father, daughter and grandson in his hometown and shooting his father before wreaking havoc in Gainesville.
—
Corin Cesaric,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The Deland defense was led by Banks, who had three sacks in the game and made numerous tackles, wreaking havoc all night.
—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
Without mushrooms or fungal infections either vying for space or wreaking havoc on your plants, ground cover can flourish unabated.
—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreaking
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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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Incumbents have run on the perception that the transplants who have moved into working-class neighborhoods are pushing residents out while imposing their politics on more moderate communities of color.
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The building should be the most beautiful and imposing structure in the entire state.
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Less than five minutes after going up 1-0, Bosnia-Herzegovina now leads 2-0, putting it in great place to advance to the knockout stage.
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Data center demand grows Artificial intelligence and cloud computing have intensified the search for reliable, around-the-clock power sources, putting advanced nuclear technologies in the spotlight.
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