wreakverb [ T ]
uk/riːk/us/riːk/formalto cause something to happen in a violent and often uncontrolled way:
The recent storms have wreaked havoc on crops.
She was determined to wreak revenge/vengeance on both him and his family.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wrought
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