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noun
- (obsolete) punishment, Punishment; retribution, revenge.
- 1885: Of a surety none murdered the damsel but I; take her wreak on me this moment " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 19
verb (wreaks, wreaking, wreaked or rarely wroke, wreaked or rarely wroken)
- (transitive) To cause, inflict or let out
- The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city.
- She wreaked her anger on his car.
- To inflict or take vengeance on
Translations: - German: verursachen, auslassen
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