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Main Entry:	wreak [reek] Show IPA/rik/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	force, cause
Synonyms:	bring about, carry out, create, effect, execute, exercise, force upon, inflict, unleash, vent, visit, work, wreck
Notes:	wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something

Main Entry:	commit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perform an action
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke, go in for, go out for, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak
Antonyms:	cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait

Main Entry:	impose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	set, dictate
Synonyms:	appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, force upon, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lade, lay, lay down, lay down the law, levy, move in on, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, put foot down, read riot act, require, saddle, take advantage, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck

Example Sentences

Undiagnosed, the disorder can wreak havoc on relationships and one's self-esteem.

Scientists say agricultural weapons against livestock or grain fields could wreak havoc.

Left to take its course, the failure of a big bank can wreak economic havoc.

Undiagnosed, the disorder can wreak havoc on relationships and one's self-esteem.

Scientists say agricultural weapons against livestock or grain fields could wreak havoc.

Left to take its course, the failure of a big bank can wreak economic havoc.

Alien species can wreak havoc in ecosystems that evolved without them by outcompeting-or outright eating-native inhabitants.

After a bout of the flu, lingering germs can wreak havoc on the weakened immune system.

Socrates thought the advent of writing would wreak havoc on the powers of the mind.

Instead, these parolees go underground, where they can wreak havoc on the health of the general population.

He has also embraced information technologies, which he once feared would wreak economic havoc.

Sent to the head teacher's office, she continued to wreak havoc.

Jellyfish explosions can also potentially wreak havoc on ecosystems.

Not every alien species becomes invasive, but those that do can wreak serious havoc.

If you're searching for a way to wreak havoc on an ex-lover or a rotten business partner, look no further than the video above.

Interruptions take place that always wreak havoc with my schedule.

One way to reduce the financial havoc these hormones might wreak could be for trading desks to hire more women.

Tsunamis can wreak havoc on coastal populations and landscapes.

On a global scale though even a tiny change could wreak havoc.

Using the slingshot, grab objects and launch them to wreak havoc.

Both poverty and greed can wreak some pretty potent anger.

Annual tropical storms and mudslides wreak havoc with the few roads.

Species that are considered pests or that spread diseases can wreak havoc on local populations when their ranges expand.

Shoes characterized by pointy toes and poor fit can wreak havoc on feet.

But malware could wreak creative havoc of a different kind.

All worry that the eventual sale of these securities could wreak havoc.

Now a new study has decoded how the bacteria may be able to wreak their havoc: by shutting down immune systems.

Forget flying cars and the carnage they would wreak.

Cosmic radiation has been known to wreak havoc on the chips in electronic components.

The clinching argument was the damage that a devaluation could wreak elsewhere.

Mussels that wreak economic havoc on lakes and waterways by clogging water-intake pipes.

These are species that come from elsewhere and wreak havoc.

Justified or not, such worries will themselves wreak damage.

Oil spills wreak havoc on coastal plants and marine animals.

Even an individual with sufficient technical know-how and resources can wreak havoc.

And then there are the global unknowns that could wreak havoc.

Wreak havoc on your senses this season, no matter where you ski on the mountain.

Trawlers and dredgers wreak destruction across the seabed, crushing entire ecosystems of corals, algae and crustaceans as they go.

They corrode the skin and lungs and wreak havoc on photographic equipment.

Having seen finance wreak havoc, the temptation will be to bind it in a regulatory straitjacket.

It represents for me the way in which the tentacles of the tar sands reach out and wreak havoc and destruction.

Yet policies at every level conspire to wreak its destruction.

Navigating through the busy streets of the city can really wreak havoc with a tour schedule.

By pumping fresh water south, however, these two projects wreak ecological havoc.

They wreak havoc upon the social fabric of communities everywhere.

Sitting at a keyboard all day can wreak havoc on one's body.

Yet you can limit the havoc they wreak on your life.

The trouble is that this solution would wreak havoc with the insurance market.

These genes do not need an exotic infection to wreak havoc in a patient.

Lucent's travails capture an untold story: the misery that corporate financial distress can wreak on retirees.

What this rattled generation might one day wreak is impossible to know.

Severe and prolonged social stress compounded with sleep deprivation could wreak havoc anyone's mind.

It's never been tested, but scientists say it could wreak havoc on agriculture.

While a masquerade party takes place on the first floor, our heroes wreak havoc in the bathroom on the second floor.

Individuals or small groups can wreak havoc through terrorism.

Both of these rules can really wreak havoc with your carefully-planned out strategy.

Most of the slugs that wreak havoc in gardens are foreign invaders.

Regional droughts could wreak havoc, with bad ones causing global surges in food prices.

Your kids will no doubt regularly hack into these systems and wreak havoc during dinner parties and other events.

The down side is that they cause nasty internal wounds, which means that a stray bullet may wreak unintended havoc.

It is now clear what damage a death blow in a single major country will wreak on an international accounting network.

Power that technology has given to individuals and their ability to impact wreak havoc in a far away place eg, terrorism.

Once bed bugs move in, they wreak havoc on the simple pleasures of bedtime.

It is a kind of twilight, a last gulp of innocence before puberty arrives in full force and begins to wreak its usual havoc.

They only need to wreak havoc for a month or a year and die out.

Triggerfish wreak such havoc on less fortunate reef dwellers that smaller fish often follow them to feast on their leftovers.

It's maddening the havoc they wreak not only on the player's account but also to the rest of the guild.

Against unprotected or ill-prepared troops they can wreak considerable havoc.

All those neutrons bouncing around wreak havoc with the crystalline structure of steel, tungsten and other.

With that, the witches reappear to wreak havoc on the town.

Still, it did wreak a certain amount of low-grade havoc, freezing computers across the world.

Main Entry:	inflict
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	impose something
Synonyms:	administer, apply, bring upon, command, deal out, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, force upon, give, give it to, lay down the law, levy, mete out, require, stick it to, strike, subject, visit, wreak
Notes:	afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with'

Main Entry:	perpetrate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be responsible for
Synonyms:	act, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inflict, perform, pull, up and do, wreak
Antonyms:	abstain

Main Entry:	visit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bother, haunt
Synonyms:	afflict, assail, attack, avenge, befall, bring down on, descend upon, force upon, impose, inflict, pain, punish, smite, trouble, wreak, wreck

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