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   Wreak

   /rēk/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause (a large amount of damage or harm): "torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday"
   • ▪ inflict (vengeance): "they would soon have a chance to wreak their revenge on the enemy"
   • ▪ avenge (someone who has been wronged): "grant me some knight to wreak me for my son"

   Word Origin Old Englishwrecan ‘drive (out), avenge’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen; compare with wrack4, wreck, and wretch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wreaker noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • W

     4

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • K

     5

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