Wreak vs. Wreck

Wreakverb

(transitive) To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury.

Wreakverb

(archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.

Wreakverb

(archaic) To take vengeance for.

Wreakverb

(intransitive) lang=en

Wreaknoun

Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Wreaknoun

Punishment; retribution; payback.

Wreakverb

To reck; to care.

Wreakverb

To revenge; to avenge.

Wreakverb

To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

Wreaknoun

Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Wreakverb

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence;

Wreakverb

cause (a large amount of damage or harm)

Wreakverb

inflict (vengeance)

Wreakverb

avenge (someone who has been wronged)

Wrecknoun

Something or someone that has been ruined.

Wrecknoun

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

Wrecknoun

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

Wrecknoun

(legal) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.

Wreckverb

To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

Wreckverb

To ruin or dilapidate.

Wreckverb

(Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.

Wreckverb

To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

Wreckverb

See 2d & 3d Wreak.

Wreckverb

To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.

Wreckverb

To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.

Wreckverb

To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

Wreckverb

To suffer wreck or ruin.

Wreckverb

To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.

Wrecknoun

The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.

Wrecknoun

Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.

Wrecknoun

The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.

Wrecknoun

The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.

Wrecknoun

Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.

Wrecknoun

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation;

Wrecknoun

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

Wrecknoun

a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);

Wrecknoun

a ship that has been destroyed at sea

Wreckverb

smash or break forcefully;

Wrecknoun

the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck

Wrecknoun

a ship destroyed at sea

Wrecknoun

goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck

Wrecknoun

something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed

Wrecknoun

a road or rail crash

Wrecknoun

a person whose physical or mental health or strength has failed

Wreckverb

cause the destruction of (a ship) by sinking or breaking up

Wreckverb

involve (someone) in a shipwreck

Wreckverb

cause the destruction of a ship in order to steal the cargo

Wreckverb

suffer or undergo shipwreck

Wreckverb

destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar)

Wreckverb

spoil completely

Wreckverb

engage in breaking up badly damaged vehicles or demolishing old buildings to obtain usable spares or scrap.