Definition of wreaks Wreaks
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What does wreaks mean?
Part of speech
🔤- wreaks, verb, present, 3rd person singular of wreak (infinitive).
WordNet
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| wreak - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" | ||
| bring, work, play, make for | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| bring on, induce cause to appear; "bring on the birthday cake" | ||
| bring off, carry off, pull off, negociate, manage cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged" | ||
| conjure up, call down, call forth, conjure, invoke, put forward, evoke, arouse, bring up, stir, raise cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" | ||
| act, work behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wreak (Noun)
Punishment; retribution, revenge. - wreak (Verb)
To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury. - wreak (Verb)
To inflict or take vengeance on.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wreak (v. i.)
To reck; to care. - wreak (v. t.)
To revenge; to avenge. - wreak (v. t.)
To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. - wreak (v. t.)
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
Part of speech
🔤- wreak, verb, present, 1st person singular of wreak (infinitive).
- wreak, verb (infinitive).
