wreak /ˈrik ||ˈrɛk/
(vt.)發泄(怒火),報仇
Wreak v. i. To reck; to care. [Obs.]
Wreak v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wreaked p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking.]
1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer.
Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.
Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. --Fairfax.
2. To inflict or execute, especially in vengeance or passion; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy; to wreak havoc.
On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton.
Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay.
But gather all thy powers,
And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant.
Wreak, n. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.]
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wreak
v : cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work
a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
area" [syn: bring, work, play, make for]