Word Finder - wreak

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To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; .

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She wreaked her anger on his car.

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To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

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The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison.

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To inflict or take vengeance on.

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To take vengeance for.

Unrequited love could wreak havoc on a conscience.

Many notorious bad characters had managed to creep into posts of influence and used their position to wreak personal vengeance or to enrich themselves at the expense of the public or the public treasury.

Losing an unborn baby can wreak havoc on your emotional state.

To this fact it owes its immunity from the forest fires which wreak frightful havoc among the surrounding forests.

Fleas can cause your dog to get worms, which wreak havoc with his digestive system.

Lady Luck, and slippery Hellman's jars, can still wreak havoc.

Irregular growth patterns, damaged tresses and weather or humidity can wreak havoc on even the shortest of styles.

The more he considered the devastation this would wreak on this woman he cared for, the more apprehension he felt about finding the man.

That which goes northward is charged to wreak His anger on the north country.

On the right the events of December 1995 have provoked a crisis which continues to wreak havoc.

This would wreak devastation in such a fragile environment.

Mole and rabbit damage are mere fleabites compared to the destruction that boar can wreak on all your careful efforts to cultivate the land.

You can wreak havoc from above easily enough, with your large array of weaponry.

What is this disorder that can wreak such havoc?

They have long been virtually ignored by historians on the ground that, to modern eyes, they would seem to wreak economic havoc.

The barrier of presentational markup Presentational HTML can wreak havoc.

A stone sphinx comes to life to wreak revenge upon a temple defiler.

In the end it is time itself which will wreak vengeance.

But he came too late; the ill-fated reforming sultan had been strangled in the seraglio, and Bairakdar's only resource was to wreak his vengeance on Mustafa and to place on the throne Mahmud II., the sole surviving member of the house of Osman.

Repressed anger, hostility or sexual tensions unknowingly released by an unhappy subject wreak havoc.

The film tells of a covert hit squad put together by Israeli intelligence to wreak revenge.

He skulked back to the Antipodes ready, no doubt, to wreak havoc on the next unsuspecting poor soul he came upon.

The failure of the pagan gods to wreak a terrible revenge undermined the whole pagan belief system.

They know, as do we, that a few lines of code could ultimately wreak as much havoc as a handful of bombs.

Lady Luck, and slippery Hellman 's jars, can still wreak havoc.

Wreak not your fury, Lord, but have mercy upon your servant.

In fact, the influx of hormones from mom's body and from their own can wreak havoc on a newborn's skin.

Remember, hormones can wreak havoc on your emotions!

While this is a good thing when one needs to react, as in a "fight or flight" response, an overload of stress hormones can wreak havoc on your health.

Yet the heat and humidity of summer weather can wreak havoc with bridal fashion, turning the loveliest wedding dress into an oven of satin and silk.

There are many symptoms of meth addiction that can wreak havoc on a person's life.

Players can easily get hooked within a short amount of time, and the hobby can wreak financial and personal havoc.

Healthy plants can tolerate a small number of aphids, but large numbers of aphids can wreak havoc.

If you have ever experienced some of the disasters that zippers can wreak at the most inopportune moments, you are probably well aware of the benefits of opting for other types of fasteners.

Avoid tobacco and alcohol - These bad habits can wreak havoc on your health.

Using Nintendo's popular characters such as Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, gamers could race around tracks, nab turtle shells and banana peels to and wreak havoc on their opponents.

Progressing through the game still requires you to complete tasks and quests while making your minions wreak havoc as you do so.

Improper humidity can wreak havoc with a maturing wine, making the cork dry and allow oxygen to seep into the wine and affect its taste.

Winter months can also wreak havoc on dry hair, when freezing temperatures dry out the hair and heating systems contribute to the damage.

Having a new baby in your life can wreak havoc with the balance between your marriage and family.

Both of these eating disorders can wreak havoc on your body and with a pregnancy.

Relationship breakups can wreak havoc on anyone's emotional state.

From slim python clutches to large glazed shoppers and totes, there's a fit for most women that won't wreak havoc on your handbag budget.

Not only can the sun damage the hair cuticle from excessive unprotected exposure, it can also wreak havoc on color-treated tresses, as it fades and changes the overall tone of haircolor from frequent exposure.

They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons.

But all is not finished with the passage of the soul to the land of the dead; the soul may return to avenge its death by helping to discover the murderer, or to wreak vengeance for itself; there is a widespread belief that those who die a violent death become malignant spirits and endanger the lives of those who come near the haunted spot; the woman who dies in child-birth becomes a pontianak, and threatens the life of human beings; and man resorts to magical or religious means of repelling his spiritual dangers.

Snow and rain will wreak havoc on those shoes.

Your feet are important - the amount of standing and walking a man does on a daily basis can wreak havoc on feet that aren't adequately protected with good-quality shoes.

A number of troubling events wreak havoc in their lives, including murder, infidelity and a resounding finale in which Lisa accidentally shoots and kills Ben.

European legends are full of stories about dragons which wreak havoc on human kind.