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wrack

The correct spelling is wrack.

How to pronounce wrack

noun

IPA: /ɹæk/

Say it like: Rak

The correct spelling is wrack. Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. For example: "Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."

Usage Examples

Post-and-lintel construction racks easily.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
  2. 2.(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
  3. 3.The remains; a wreck.
  4. 4.Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
  5. 5.Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.

verb

  1. 1.To execute vengeance; avenge.
  2. 2.To worry; tease; torment.
  3. 3.To place in or hang on a rack.
  4. 4.To torture (someone) on the rack.
  5. 5.To cause (someone) to suffer pain.

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