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# wreak

verb (wreaks, wreaked, wreaking)

«wreak» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To cause harm or damage, especially as a way of getting revenge, as in «wreak vengeance». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/#m1)

### In the lessons

old use or formal; in stories, someone takes revenge on an enemy or spends anger on another person

### Examples

- The witch wanted to wreak revenge on the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/#x1)
- He wreaked his anger on the stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/#x2)
- The storm wreaked havoc on the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wreak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wreak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wreak.html) on Mova free.