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wrought havoc
verb as in cause destruction
Example Sentences
But David Wasserman, an analyst with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said he did not expect the storm to have a lopsided political impact in North Carolina, as it wrought havoc not just in conservative rural areas but in the liberal stronghold of Asheville.
The storms of 2023 wrought havoc on the pier again; the fishermen and day trippers who love it hope that the pledge of a summer reopening will be fulfilled.
It has wrought havoc on services, production and sales, and many people are likely to lose their jobs, he said.
Although the provost cited “the expectations of federal regulators” in explaining why Tabassum’s speech was canceled, many faculty saw a clear desire to prevent the type of congressional hearings on antisemitism that wrought havoc for the presidents of Harvard, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.
This time the evacuated town of Grindavik was spared, but the molten rock still wrought havoc - engulfing a pipe that provides heat and hot water to thousands living in the area and cutting off a road to the Blue Lagoon tourist attraction.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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