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Rarewrack
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.Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
- 2.(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
- 3.The remains; a wreck.
- 4.Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
- 5.Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.
verb
- 1.To execute vengeance; avenge.
- 2.To worry; tease; torment.
- 3.To place in or hang on a rack.
- 4.To torture (someone) on the rack.
- 5.To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
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