Dictionary
wreak
Meaning
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- To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
- To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
- To inflict or take vengeance on.
- To take vengeance for.
- Misspelling of reek.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹiːk/
Cognate with Dutch
wreken
Cognate with German
rächen
Cognate with Latin
urgeō
Cognate with English
urge
Cognate with English
wreck
Cognate with Dutch
wraak
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