wreak

[wreak]

To wreak is to cause something to happen, usually with a terrible consequence. You can make mischief, cause problems, or inflict pain, but to wreak damage suggests a deeper level of destruction.

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To reck; to care.

Verb
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

v. i.
To reck; to care.

v. t.
To revenge; to avenge.

v. t.
To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

v. t.
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Wreak

Wreak , v. i. To reck; to care. [Obs.] Shak.

Wreak

Wreak , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wreaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking.] [OE. wrek to revenge, punish, drive out, AS. wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D. wreken to avenge, G. r'84chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith. vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to drive, urge, Gr. to shut, Skr. to turn away. Cf. Urge, Wreck, Wretch.] 1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]

He should wreake him on his foes.

Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself.

Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.

2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

On me let Death wreak all his rage.

Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years.

But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave.

Wreak

Wreak, n. [Cf. AS. wr'91c exile, persecution, misery. See Wreak, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] Shak. Spenser.

To reck; to care.

To revenge; to avenge.

Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

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Usage Examples

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.