wrack
- noun
- /ræk/
- Archaic
:
ruina
- A house divided upon itself will fall into wrack and ruin.
- wrack and ruin
Examples
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The sun surged through gaps in the hurrying wrack, and the great gray buildings of Tran stood forth like proud lords.
Fiction book (1992) -
The town was left in complete wrack after the hurricane devastated the area.
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Misgoverned kings are cause of all this wrack.
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A wrack turns everything.
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Years of neglect led to the wrack of the historic building, leaving it in ruins.
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The company's mismanagement resulted in the financial wrack that shocked its investors.
Synonyms
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4.8
Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm
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8.8
A serious event that causes great trouble or loss
3
5.6
A sudden disaster that ends something important
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9.3
Complete ruin or collapse of a place
1
7.4
A building or place that has fallen into bad condition
A state when something is very broken and falling apart
Antonyms
Compounds
How Ruined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrack (ruin) comes from old words about punishment and loss and is closely related to the familiar word wreck, so you can remember wrack as being 'completely destroyed' or ruined.