wreak

2 definitions • 4 examples

to cause something to happen in a violent and often uncontrolled way:

The recent storms have wreaked havoc on crops.

She was determined to wreak revenge/vengeance on both him and his family.

to cause something to happen in a violent way:

Uncontrolled financial markets continue to wreak one disaster after another.

Changes in the climate have wreaked/wrought havoc with the region’s usual weather pattern.