wracking (Meaning)
wracking
wreck, a wrecked ship, dried seaweeds, the violent destruction of a structure, machine, or vehicle, marine vegetation, ruin, destruction, wreckage, rack entry 1 sense 2, a remnant of something destroyed, kelp, to utterly ruin, rack entry 2, rack entry 7, violent or total destruction
Synonyms & Antonyms of wracking
Synonyms:
- wearing (away)
- harming
- extirpating
- blowing up
- mutilating
- walloping
- killing off
- obliterating
- scouring
- zapping
- massacring
- murdering
- felling
- sweeping (away)
- mastering
- slaying
- thrashing
- pillaging
- rubbing out
- blotting out
- liquidating
- taking down
- skunking
- overmatching
- clobbering
- trampling
- snuffing (out)
- cutting down
- assassinating
- washing out
- disassembling
- unmaking
- deteriorating
- conquering
- trashing
- whipping
- slaughtering
- impairing
- dissolving
- trimming
- overbearing
- dispatching
- disintegrating
- besting
- scotching
- vandalizing
- gutting
- triumphing (over)
- eradicating
- looting
- mowing (down)
- butchering
- dilapidating
- sacking
- vitiating
- prevailing (over)
- trouncing
- wiping out
- mangling
- nuking
- routing
- taking out
- surmounting
- expunging
- beating
- licking
- spoiling
- undoing
- executing
- despoiling
- plundering
- unbuilding
- dynamiting
- effacing
- injuring
- defacing
- winning (against)
- disfiguring
- drubbing
- rooting (out)
- stamping (out)
- exterminating
Antonyms:
wracking Sentence Examples
- The guilt wracked his conscience, leaving him unable to rest.
- The incessant cough wracked her body, causing her tremendous pain.
- Intense sobs wracked her as she mourned the loss of her loved one.
- The severe storm wracked the shoreline, destroying homes and businesses.
- A wracking cough interrupted his speech, making it difficult to understand.
- The thought of the upcoming exam wracked her with anxiety.
- The athlete's leg muscles were wracked with pain after the marathon.
- The earthquake wracked the city, causing widespread destruction.
- Waves of nausea wracked her as she battled a stomach virus.
- Intense laughter wracked the room as people enjoyed a hilarious joke.
FAQs About the word wracking
wreck, a wrecked ship, dried seaweeds, the violent destruction of a structure, machine, or vehicle, marine vegetation, ruin, destruction, wreckage, rack entry 1
demolishing, devastating, wrecking, wasting, overcoming,destroying, smashing, damaging, ruining, shattering
making, putting up, setting up,building, fixing, constructing, erecting, producing, repairing, creating
The guilt wracked his conscience, leaving him unable to rest.
The incessant cough wracked her body, causing her tremendous pain.
Intense sobs wracked her as she mourned the loss of her loved one.
The severe storm wracked the shoreline, destroying homes and businesses.
