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wreak vengeance — wreak revenge/vengeance mainly literary phrase to punish someone for something bad that they have done to you He was determined to wreak revenge on her. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym Main entry: wreak … Useful english dictionary
wreak — [ri:k] v past tense and past participle wreaked or wrought [ro:t US ro:t] [: Old English; Origin: wrecan to drive out, punish ] 1.) wreak havoc/mayhem/destruction (on sth) to cause a lot of damage or problems ▪ These policies have wreaked havoc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wreak — [ rik ] verb wreak havoc/destruction MAINLY JOURNALISM to cause very great harm or damage: These policies would wreak havoc on the economy. wreak revenge/vengeance MAINLY LITERARY to punish someone for something bad they have done to you … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wreak — UK [riːk] / US [rɪk] verb Word forms wreak : present tense I/you/we/they wreak he/she/it wreaks present participle wreaking past tense wreaked past participle wreaked wreak havoc/destruction mainly journalism to cause very great harm or damage… … English dictionary
wreak — [[t]ri͟ːk[/t]] wreaks, wreaking, wreaked (wrought can also be used as the past participle.) 1) VERB Something or someone that wreaks havoc or destruction causes a great amount of disorder or damage. [JOURNALISM or, LITERARY] [V n] Violent storms… … English dictionary
revenge — v 1. make reprisal, requite, avenge, wreak revenge upon, inflict punishment for, exact payment from, exact one s pound of flesh; hit back at, strike back at, get back or get back at, get even with, Inf. pay off an old score, Inf. settle a score,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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[ a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to drive, to take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wreak — Wreak, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery. See {Wreak}, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] Shak. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Revenge — Re*venge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revenged}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Revenging}.] [OF. revengier, F. revancher; pref. re re + OF. vengier to avenge, revenge, F. venger, L. vindicare. See {Vindicate}, {Vengerance}, and cf. {Revindicate}.] 1. To inflict… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wreak — [rēk] vt. [ME wreken < OE wrecan, to revenge, punish, akin to Ger rächen, Goth wrikan < IE base * wreg , to shove, oppress, hunt down, L urgere, to press, URGE] 1. to give vent or free play to (one s anger, malice, rage, etc.) 2. to inflict … English World dictionary
