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- [rak]
- /ræk/
- /ræk/
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- [rak]
- /ræk/
Definitions of wrack word
- noun wrack Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds. 1
- verb with object wrack to wreck: He wracked his car up on the river road. 1
- verb without object wrack to drive or move, especially before the wind. 1
- noun wrack (archaic, dialectal, or, literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. 1
- noun wrack destruction 1
- noun wrack collapse or destruction (esp in the phrase wrack and ruin) 0
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Origin of wrack
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English wrak (noun), Old English wræc vengeance, misery, akin to wracu vengeance, misery, wrecan to wreak
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Parts of speech for Wrack
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preposition
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exclamation
wrack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for wrack
noun wrack
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
verb wrack
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- avenge — If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it.
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