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Definition of wreak verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

wreak

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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