A hurricane can wreak destruction everywhere it goes.
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Wreak
//ɹik//
Synonyms for "wreak" (36 found)
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Related words (18)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- отмъщавам си verb (to take vengeance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 造成 verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Czech
3 entries- nadělat (škodu) verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- napáchat verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- způsobit verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Danish
1 entries- volde verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Finnish
3 entries- aiheuttaa verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- kohdistaa verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- kurittaa verb (to take vengeance)
German
4 entries- anrichten verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- auslassen verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- rächen verb (to take vengeance)
- verursachen verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Polish
4 entries- pomścić verb (to take vengeance)
- siać (spustoszenie) verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- wyładować (gniew) verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- wyładowywać (gniew) verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Romanian
3 entries- a cauza verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- provoca verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- vărsa nervii verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Russian
3 entries- мстить verb (to take vengeance)
- наноси́ть verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- причиня́ть verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nanijeti verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- počiniti verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Spanish
4 entries- infligir verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- provocar verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- vengarse de verb (to take vengeance)
- volcar verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Swedish
1 entries- vålla verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
Turkish
4 entries- almak verb (to cause or inflict causing injury)
- hınç almak verb (to take vengeance)
- hınç çıkarmak verb (to take vengeance)
- intikam almak verb (to take vengeance)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Some non-native species are harmless, but others wreak havoc on other species, human health and the economy.
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A cold snap threatens to wreak havoc on the nation's harvests, including that of legendary vineyards from northern Champagne to southwestern Bordeaux.
Source: tatoeba (9961009)
The genet, mongoose and weasel are small carnivorous animals that love to feed on snakes and rodents and sometimes wreak havoc in poultry houses.
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