as in to ruin
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
it's amazing how a raging sea can wrack a seemingly sturdy beachfront home
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Recent Examples of wrack
Anti-government protests were wracking the oil-rich South American nation.
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Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The business wracked up more than $3 million in liabilities and its 38,000-square-foot New York headquarters at 160 Varick Street in Manhattan will be shuttered.
—David Moin, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
The sort of heels that would wrack your feet with cuts, bruises, and blisters — to name a few of the damages women used to tolerate, albeit torturously.
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
When Mickey’s new driver Eddie Rojas is killed, he’s wracked with guilt.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
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Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The business wracked up more than $3 million in liabilities and its 38,000-square-foot New York headquarters at 160 Varick Street in Manhattan will be shuttered.
—David Moin, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
The sort of heels that would wrack your feet with cuts, bruises, and blisters — to name a few of the damages women used to tolerate, albeit torturously.
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
When Mickey’s new driver Eddie Rojas is killed, he’s wracked with guilt.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
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This increases the risk of electrical shocks, fire, and short circuits, which can ruin your holidays.Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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Over time, this can take away a company's competitive edge or even ruin its reputation with future talent.Subha Barry, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Al Shahabi also asked on Facebook where the recordings of surveillance cameras at regime security branches had gone, why some documents had been destroyed and why human rights groups had not done more to protect records.Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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He is then seen waving the baton, destroying property and throwing items at police, according to his criminal complaint.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group most immediately responsible for Assad’s overthrow, has announced that victory is not a license to wreck the institutions of the state, nor to initiate a wave of retribution against Alawites in general.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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This couldn’t be further from the truth—especially the part about Trump’s corruption and self-dealing being no different from the norm—but Biden is doing the work of people who want to wreck the best aspects of America’s democratic ethos.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Officials are assessing damage after Cyclone Chido devastated the island of Mayotte over the weekend.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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West Ninth Street continued to grow throughout this time, but the Great Depression of the 1930s devastated many businesses and fraternal groups.Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The star, who suffered a horrific snowplow accident on New Year’s Day nearly two years ago that shattered 38 bones, discussed his career and more in a wide-ranging on-stage appearance at Culture Square in the second-largest Saudi city’s old town Al-Balad.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Pushpa 2 – The Rule, which is shattering records both at home and globally.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Once, in a stadium since demolished, the Orioles won three world championships; the Baltimore Colts did the same.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
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Subsequently demolished and rebuilt by Simo Design and Fischer Construction, the sleek wood and stone structure ultimately sold to Bay-Schuck in late 2019 for $11 million.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Amid six minutes of bidding the watch soared to its final price of $840,000, totally smashing its $60,000 high estimate.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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The burglar smashed the Plexiglass case that held the slippers and absconded with them.Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Wrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrack. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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