Wreak
[riːk] or [rik]
Definition
(v. i.) To reck; to care.
(v. t.) To revenge; to avenge.
(v. t.) To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
(v. t.) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Inflict (as wrath or vengeance).
Inputed by Enoch
Definition
v.i. (Shak.). Same as Reck.
v.t. to inflict: avenge.—n. Wreak′er.—adjs. Wreak′ful revengeful: angry; Wreak′less unpunished.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Wreak your vengeance to the utmost, was my message to the green allies, for by night there will be none left to avenge your wrongs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Why should she wreak revenge on all the male sex? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He might remain in Switzerland, and wreak his vengeance on my relatives. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And like the Greeks of old, every disgruntled Polish patriot flew off to some foreign enemy to wreak his indignation upon his ungrateful country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his little evil brain he sought for some excuse to wreak his hatred upon Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- You have got a grudge of your own against Sir Percival Glyde, and I must help you to wreak it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Adrian perceived the change, and feared that it would be difficult to prevent them from wreaking their utmost fury on the Irish. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Pearl