wrack
/ræk/
verb
- To cause great physical or mental pain or suffering.
- The disease wracked his body with constant pain.
- The country was wracked by civil war for years.
- She was wracked with guilt after the argument.
- To damage or destroy something severely.
- Years of neglect had wracked the old building beyond repair.
- The economy was wracked by inflation and unemployment.
- The storm wracked the coastal town, leaving many homes in ruins.
noun
- A wreck or wreckage, especially of a ship.
- Divers explored the wrack of the ancient ship on the ocean floor.
- The beach was covered with the wrack of fishing boats after the hurricane.
- They found the wrack scattered along the rocky shore.
- A type of seaweed that grows on rocky shores, often used as fertilizer.
- The smell of drying wrack filled the seaside air.
- Children played among the piles of wrack left by the high tide.
- The farmer spread wrack from the beach over his garden soil.
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