wreak
verb
[ riːk ]
• cause (a large amount of damage or harm).
• "torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday"
Similar:
inflict,
create,
cause,
result in,
effect,
engender,
bring about,
perpetrate,
unleash,
vent,
bestow,
deal out,
mete out,
serve out,
administer,
carry out,
deliver,
apply,
lay on,
impose,
exact,
effectuate,
Origin:
Old English wrecan ‘drive (out), avenge’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen ; compare with wrack4, wreck, and wretch.
