Wreak — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈiːk/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈiːk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈiːk/

1 syllable Say it as /ɹˈiːk/.

Examples

I cannot work a miracle
wreak havoc
bring comments

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

work bring play make for

Parts of Speech

verb	cause to happen or to occur as a consequence “I cannot work a miracle”

Word Forms

workable

adjective

capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

anrichten

Ursache, die geschieht oder als Konsequenz auftritt

🇫🇷French

assouvir

faire arriver ou se produire en conséquence

🇪🇸Spanish

infligir

causa que suceda o que ocurra como consecuencia

🇮🇹Italian

devastare

causa che accada o che accada come conseguenza

🇳🇱Dutch

aanrichten

veroorzaken of als gevolg daarvan optreden

🇵🇹Portuguese

causar

fazer acontecer ou ocorrer como consequência

🇷🇺Russian

сеять

причина того, что происходит или происходит как следствие

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बरपा

घटित होने का कारण या परिणाम स्वरूप घटित होना

🇮🇳Tamil

அழிவு

அதன் விளைவாக நடக்க அல்லது நிகழ காரணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

నాశనం

సంభవించడానికి లేదా పర్యవసానంగా సంభవించడానికి కారణం

🇮🇳Marathi

नाश

घडण्याचे कारण किंवा परिणाम म्हणून घडणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

બરબાદી

પરિણામે થવાનું અથવા થવાનું કારણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಾಶಮಾಡು

ಸಂಭವಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಲು ಕಾರಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തകർക്കുക

സംഭവിക്കുന്നതിനോ അനന്തരഫലമായി സംഭവിക്കുന്നതിനോ കാരണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਬਾਹੀ

ਵਾਪਰਨ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਵਾਪਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تباہی

نتیجے کے طور پر ہونے یا ہونے کا سبب

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肆虐

导致发生或作为结果发生

🇯🇵Japanese

壊す

起こる原因、または結果として起こる

🇰🇷Korean

가하다

원인이 되거나 결과적으로 발생하게 됨

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm phiền

nguyên nhân xảy ra hoặc xảy ra như một hệ quả

🇹🇭Thai

ระบาย

เหตุให้เกิดขึ้นหรือเป็นผลตามมา

🇮🇩Indonesian

melampiaskan

penyebab terjadinya atau terjadinya sebagai akibat

🇵🇭Filipino

sumira

sanhi upang mangyari o mangyari bilang resulta

🇲🇾Malay

mengamuk

sebab berlaku atau berlaku sebagai akibat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تعيث

سبب حدوثه أو حدوثه نتيجة لذلك

🇮🇷Persian

خراب کردن

علت رخ دادن یا به عنوان یک نتیجه رخ می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

koparmak

meydana gelmesine neden olmak veya sonuç olarak meydana gelmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִנְקוֹם

לגרום לקרות או להתרחש כתוצאה מכך

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