wreak

/reek/US // rik //UK // (riːk) //

蹂躏,肆虐,破坏,祸害

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to inflict or execute: They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- : to carry out the promptings of, as on a victim or object: He wreaked his anger on the office staff.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbforce, cause

Forms: wrought

Synonyms

bring about带来,诱发,实现,带来的 inflict造成,造成伤害,造成了,造成的 unleash发动,发放,发挥,发挥作用 wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船 create创建,创造,创作,创立 effect效果,影响,作用,效应 execute执行,实施,执行的,执行任务 exercise练习,锻炼,运动,演习

Examples

With coronavirus still wreaking havoc on the economy, social unrest scrambling consumer sentiment and marketers pressured to prove their spending is driving results, many are focusing their spending on programs happening just a few weeks out.
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply chains of companies around the world—prompting firms in 80% of sectors globally to recalibrate their operations in some fashion, according to analysts at Bank of America Global Research.
There’s a limit to how much news we can take in as the virus wreaks havoc on our health, economy, and social lives.
For example, researchers have documented how the sweltering waters can bleach corals and wreak havoc on kelp forests.
Keep in mind this brilliant marketing hack from McDonald’s for times when a seemingly minor customer complaint starts to wreak havoc for your business by going viral.
The mother also made a plea to the violent ones who wreak such havoc.
The Fox miniseries 24: Live Another Day saw a massive drone wreak havoc on London.
They eat more than 500 kinds of plants and could wreak havoc if released into the North American environment.
Watch the green-clad moustachioed menace wreak havoc in Mario Kart 8, blowing up Waluigi and then giving a “death stare.”
But this is nothing compared to the devastating havoc a default will probably wreak.
I am allowed to live only so long as I am a willing tool, and foolish enough to wreak their evil will upon my people.

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wreak

/reek/US // rik //UK // (riːk) //

蹂躏,肆虐,破坏,祸害

Related Words

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to inflict or execute: They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- : to carry out the promptings of, as on a victim or object: He wreaked his anger on the office staff.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbforce, cause

Forms: wrought

Synonyms

Examples

With coronavirus still wreaking havoc on the economy, social unrest scrambling consumer sentiment and marketers pressured to prove their spending is driving results, many are focusing their spending on programs happening just a few weeks out.
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply chains of companies around the world—prompting firms in 80% of sectors globally to recalibrate their operations in some fashion, according to analysts at Bank of America Global Research.
There’s a limit to how much news we can take in as the virus wreaks havoc on our health, economy, and social lives.
For example, researchers have documented how the sweltering waters can bleach corals and wreak havoc on kelp forests.
Keep in mind this brilliant marketing hack from McDonald’s for times when a seemingly minor customer complaint starts to wreak havoc for your business by going viral.
The mother also made a plea to the violent ones who wreak such havoc.
The Fox miniseries 24: Live Another Day saw a massive drone wreak havoc on London.
They eat more than 500 kinds of plants and could wreak havoc if released into the North American environment.
Watch the green-clad moustachioed menace wreak havoc in Mario Kart 8, blowing up Waluigi and then giving a “death stare.”
But this is nothing compared to the devastating havoc a default will probably wreak.
I am allowed to live only so long as I am a willing tool, and foolish enough to wreak their evil will upon my people.

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