wreak

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wreak [wreak wreaks wreaked wreaking] BrE [riːk] NAmE [riːk] verb ~ sth (on sb) (formal)
to do great damage or harm to sb/sth
•Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.
•He swore to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.
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Word Origin:
Old English wrecan ‘drive (out), avenge’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wreken and German rächen; compare with ↑wreck, and ↑wretch.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bring, work, play, make for