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Definition of wreak verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

wreak

 verb
verb
NAmE//rik//
 
wreak something (on somebody) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wreak
 
he / she / it wreaks
 
past simple wreaked
 
-ing form wreaking
 
 
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to do great damage or harm to someone or something Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy. He swore to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.
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