Wreaking

Word WREAKING
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What do we mean by wreaking?

To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; .

To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

To inflict or take vengeance on.

To take vengeance for.

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The word "wreaking" in example sentences

Stevo is the blue-haired son of a Harvard educated lawyer and aging hippie mother whose ambitions lie in wreaking low scale havoc and dismantling … well, everything. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Valuable performer for the Cowboys as a part of their defensive end rotation the last two years, joining Greg Richmond and Khreem Smith in wreaking havoc on opposing quarterbacks ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Our disesteeming view of the European debt crisis cannot prevent the inevitable; a surging dollar short-term wreaking havoc on US exports, thus slowing the economy, and, possible seizing the international credit system. ❋ Marvin Clark (2010)

Turn to Women Without Men to experience the visual splendor of Iranian-born Shirin Neshat in collaboration with partner Shoja Azari (a man whose current art exhibit was described as wreaking with subversive feminism). ❋ Unknown (2010)

All men may love the idea of wreaking havoc together, but few of us actually do it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But more than just wreaking criminal mayhem, the fire companies also defended Irish immigrants from attacks by anti-immigrant gangs and from intrusions by moral reformers. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

R is working on some anxiety issues - it's wreaking havoc on my sleepover camp/try a sport/meet new people plans! ❋ Alison (2010)

In recent years global warming has lent a hand in increasing the population of the Mountain Pine Beetle, which has been wreaking havoc on acres of woodland area, giving way to a surplus of diseased, buckling, blue-stained pine wood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To let MERS continue simply allows it to continue wreaking havoc on property records and the legal morass it's created to continue tangling foreclosure and bankruptcy cases nationwide. ❋ Richard Zombeck (2011)

Instead, they're mischievous but sinister, wreaking havoc on the adult world. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There is also a “delayed time bomb” sitting in the housing market, as Alt-A (one notch above sub-prime) and Option-ARM “teaser” mortgages are poised to reset in 2009 and 2010, potentially wreaking further housing havoc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They're sitting around the house playing video games, fighting with each other or out wreaking havoc on the neighborhood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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