0 past simple and past participle of wreak
1 to cause something to happen in a violent and often uncontrolled way:
Consequently, the political arena has been left dominated by a few who have wreaked total havoc on the country.
The advent of modern travel has wreaked further havoc on the appropriate preposition.
Mining activities have wreaked havoc on the environment, especially in relation to the diminution and contagion of water and wood used for burning fires.
An outrageous force majeure is being wreaked on tenants—especially the elderly, as was pointed out— whereby they must obtain their insurance from a particular company.
There comes a time when we say that the vengeance that has been wreaked is ill-directed and wrong.
There had been mob violence on a gigantic scale in which one community wreaked its vengeance on another.
One of the principal problems lies with the restoration of effective democratic parties following the destruction wreaked by military dictatorship.
Decades of third-rate technology have wreaked havoc on the health of the environment and on the people who live in it.
