Wreak

Definition

wreak /ri:k/ v ~ sth (on sb) ( rather fml ) အႀကီးအက်ယ္ ထိခိုက္ေစသည္၊ ပ်က္စီးေစသည္၊ ေပါက္ကြဲေစသည္။ wreak one's fury/ revenge on sb ❍ His heavy drinking wreaked havoc on his family.

Examples

1. ‘Many in the natural sciences think that we are at a threshold of either adapting our living to the constraints of nature or wreaking incredible damage to Earth as we destroy ourselves.’
2. ‘Residents across county Carlow woke yesterday morning to find roads completely impassable
3. as drifting snow wreaked havoc on routes across the region.’
4. ‘A firestorm wreaks its terrifying damage on an estate.’
5. ‘The American signal crayfish were introduced in the 1970s to meet the demands of the restaurant trade but have since escaped into the wild to wreak huge damage on local eco-systems.’
6. ‘It might as well have been a million miles away from Stark's Park
7. where a strong swirling wind wreaked havoc on any attempts at finesse
8. and regularly carried players' frustrated words into the stands.’
9. ‘But when the first human settlers
10. the Maoris
11. arrived about a thousand years ago
12. the rats and dogs they brought with them wreaked havoc on the islands' wildlife.’
13. ‘Then
14. by one o'clock
15. the storm moved off to wreak damage in the north.’
16. ‘Online lotteries
17. by their aggressive marketing techniques
18. had wreaked havoc on many families
19. especially those of daily-wage earners.’
20. ‘The hurricane wreaked terrible damage on the east coast
21. at Miami and the Florida Keys.’
22. ‘The adverse weather has wreaked havoc with many of the non-national routes and damage has run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.’
23. ‘According to Mary Bryan
24. the society's chief executive officer
25. even seemingly small mistakes can wreak huge amounts of damage.’
26. ‘During the next few months
27. previously unequalled damage was wreaked upon the site.’
28. ‘Rains in February wreaked havoc over large areas of the southern region of the North Island
29. costing millions of dollars and more than 1
30. 000 head of cattle.’
31. ‘On the heels of the longest bull run in history
32. last year's down market wreaked havoc at many financial services firms.’
33. ‘It is 1969
34. and a cloistered block in west Philadelphia is shaken to its core by long kept secrets
35. betrayal and lies that wreak terrible damage on two families.’
36. ‘Welch justifiably observes that this dredging is a massive and expensive undertaking that will perhaps wreak more environmental damage than leaving the river at rest.’
37. ‘The Category 5 storm wreaked havoc
38. doing more than $20 billion in damage and making it by far the costliest hurricane ever in United States history.’
39. ‘The quake hit at about 7:45 pm on Wednesday
40. wreaking the worst damage in towns near Thenia
41. 40 miles east of Algiers
42. the capital.’
43. ‘They're among the world's tiniest creatures
44. but they're wreaking enormous damage across northern Australia.’
45. ‘It is clear both sides are hoping to fight a similar war: swift and based on short
46. focused operations that will wreak maximum damage in the shortest possible time
47. with minimum casualties.’