wrack (Meaning)
wrack (n)
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
the destruction or collapse of something
growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
wrack (v)
smash or break forcefully
wrack (n.)
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
Coarse seaweed of any kind.
wrack (v. t.)
To rack; to torment.
To wreck.
Synonyms & Antonyms of wrack
Synonyms:
- raze
- pulverize
- crush
- damage
- overcome
- decimate
- annihilate
- cream
- break
- mar
- ravage
- extinguish
- waste
- total
- erode
- rub out
- pull down
- desolate
- vaporize
- kill
- cripple
- dismantle
- defeat
- tear down
Antonyms:
- constitute
- form
- constitute
- organize
- produce
- bring about
- form
- frame
- manufacture
- found
- institute
- protect
- establish
- invent
- mold
- preserve
- produce
- manufacture
- conserve
- shape
- revamp
- preserve
- save
- conserve
- recondition
- found
- bring about
- mend
- frame
- forge
- forge
- mold
- make
- assemble
- institute
- protect
- organize
- invent
- revamp
- assemble
- make
- shape
- mend
- recondition
- save
- establish
Synonyms:
- drub
- surmount
- wash out
- thrash
- blow up
- liquidate
- rout
- mangle
- vandalize
- harm
- beat
- disassemble
- dynamite
- despoil
- sack
- sweep (away)
- prevail (over)
- take down
- massacre
- disfigure
- wipe out
- havoc
- trash
- dilapidate
- impair
- butcher
- take out
- assassinate
- loot
- trim
- overbear
- mutilate
- remove
- trounce
- scour
- zap
- stamp (out)
- kill off
- fell
- pillage
- undo
- blot out
- spoil
- clobber
- subdue
- wallop
- slaughter
- overmatch
- obliterate
- unmake
- slay
- plunder
- disintegrate
- cut down
- exterminate
- trample
- do in
- injure
- extirpate
- dissolve
- expunge
- gut
- wear (away)
- win (against)
- master
- deteriorate
- snuff (out)
- scotch
- efface
- conquer
- murder
- whip
- lick
- nuke
- unbuild
- triumph (over)
- eradicate
- root (out)
- vitiate
- best
- deface
- blast
Antonyms:
wrack Sentence Examples
- The constant rain wracked havoc on the already weakened bridge.
- The storm's winds wracked the trees, uprooting many and causing widespread damage.
- The heartbreak she endured wracked her mind with pain and torment.
- The guilty conscience wracked his thoughts, leaving him sleepless and agitated.
- The news of their tragic loss wracked their hearts with unbearable grief.
- The turmoil in his life had wracked his body, leaving him prematurely aged.
- The thunderous explosions wracked the building, shaking it violently to its core.
- The wrack of devastation left behind by the earthquake was a heartbreaking sight.
- The incessant coughing wracked her frail body, leaving her gasping for air.
- The agony of his broken bones wracked his muscles, making every movement a torturous ordeal.
FAQs About the word wrack
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore, the destruction or collapse of something, growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds
destroy, wreck, demolish,ruin, devastate, shatter, smash, raze, pulverize, crush
create, repair, rear, fix, raise, repair, set up, fix, patch, raise
The constant rain wracked havoc on the already weakened bridge.
The storm's winds wracked the trees, uprooting many and causing widespread damage.
The heartbreak she endured wracked her mind with pain and torment.
The guilty conscience wracked his thoughts, leaving him sleepless and agitated.
