Wreak

v. i.	1.	To reck; to care.
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Wreaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking.]
	1.	To revenge; to avenge. He should wreake him on his foes. - Chaucer. Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. - Spenser. Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. - Fairfax.
	2.	To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. On me let Death wreak all his rage. - Milton. Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. - Macaulay. But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. - Bryant.
n.	1.	Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Verb

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wreak - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" Synonyms: make for, bring, work, play

accomplish, achieve, bring, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, bring upon, commit, do, do to, effect, effectuate, force, go and do, impose, inflict, make, pay, perpetrate, produce, pull off, realize, render, take and do, up and do, visit, visit upon, wreck

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