Meaning & use
wreaking
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Causing or inflicting (something, typically great damage or harm).
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The storm was wreaking havoc across the coastal towns.
Years of neglect had been wreaking damage on the old bridge.
A note on using this word
Wreaking almost always appears with 'havoc' or 'damage'; the base verb 'wreak' is rarely used with any other kind of object in modern English.
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Words with an opposite meaning
preventingaverting
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