wreak
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city.
She wreaked her anger on his car.
- 2.
(archaic)To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
The police abused their authority to wreak an innocent.
The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison.
- 3.
(archaic)To inflict or take vengeance on.
- 4.
(archaic)To take vengeance for.
- 5.
(alt of, intransitive, misspelling)Misspelling of reek.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic, literary)Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
- 2.
(archaic, literary)Punishment; retribution; payback.
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From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (push, shove, drive, track down). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with wreken, rächen, vräka; cognate via PIE with urgeō urgēre (urge), and distantly cognate with wreck.