Wreaks

*This, along with 'evolution' and 'culture' are my 3 fave examples of where the more colloquial use of a word wreaks havoc with the technical/jargon use and meaning of the word. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And they'd be correct in doing so, because the power of that word wreaks havoc on a woman's mind, causing her to enjoy the burden of the procreative process and to actively seek it out. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What I mean is, that a man with the gift of musical and impassioned phrase (and love often deeds that to a young person for a while), who "wreaks" it, to borrow Byron's word, on conversation as the natural outlet of his sensibilities and spiritual activities, is likely to talk better than the poet, who plays on the instrument of verse. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

[298] Dyce was doubtless right in supposing "wreaks" to be used _metri causa_ for "wrecks." ❋ Christopher Marlowe (1578)

"This play sort of takes off about the entitlement and the problem of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears - young people that get over their head in terms of success, and it kind of wreaks hell with their personality," Jory said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The outcome of this plan would be federal savings and reduced medical costs for Americans because it would reverse the current system that heavily favors the food that clogs our arteries, widens our waistlines and wreaks havoc on our bodies in many other ways. ❋ Elizabeth Kucinich (2011)

As the housing crisis wreaks havoc and suburbia suffers a critical blow from the credit crunch, what will become of all those foreclosed McMansions? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Extremely well researched, Anderson's novel paints a vivid picture of the seedy waterfront, the devastation the disease wreaks on a once thriving city, and the bitterness of neighbor toward neighbor as those suspected of infection are physically cast aside. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's not only in the economic sphere that idonomics wreaks havoc. ❋ Hoyt Hilsman (2011)

The older I get, the more unfathomable it becomes that some of my fellow female human beings voluntarily bring upon their bodies the changes childbirth wreaks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, Duy minimizes the psychological damage that a bubble wreaks. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)

What if God was a hormonal teenage boy who wreaks havoc on the world every time he falls in love? ❋ Javier Espinoza (2011)

As for the cervesa, hound dog, being diabetico I must quaff a vino blanco or anejo on purified rocks: the maltose wreaks havoc with my blood sugar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cole engages in espionage, sets up traps and otherwise wreaks havoc with navy ships that wander in his part of the universe. ❋ Unknown (2009)