wreak

«wreak» in Mova's school dictionary: To cause harm or damage, especially as a way of getting… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (wreaks, wreaked, wreaking)

meaning for a pupil

To cause harm or damage, especially as a way of getting revenge, as in «wreak vengeance». tree →

sense 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 →
• He wreaked his anger on the stones. tree →
• The storm wreaked havoc on the town. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wreak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.