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Meanings of wrack in English

Portuguese
destruir
Catalan
desbaratar
Spanish
destrozar

Smash or break forcefully.

destruir
Spanish
ruina

The destruction or collapse of something.

ruina

Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp.

Usage of wrack in English
1
The sun began to shine out through the driving wrack of clouds.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
2
The moon drifted, and a few stars showed through the white wrack.
Evelyn Innes
3
Then I ware clean decided that the wrack had done fer them.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
4
And we 'll lose the wrack, too, for the matter of that.
A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes
5
De folks around yeah has tuk everyt'ing off dat wrack long ago.
Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
6
He was washed ashoah from a wrack ten or 'leben years ago.
Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
7
The mate and the captain peered out through the dense wrack and haze.
The Firm of Girdlestone
8
The balloon was already perhaps flying unseen amid the wrack over those guns.
The Old Wives' Tale
9
He heard nothing of the wrack, knew nothing of the danger.
Foul Play
10
He lifted his tragic face and gazed up at the storm-wrack speeding overhead.
In Secret
11
And the boys often picked up bits of wrack and lit a fire.
The Irish Times
12
They passed like drift cloud-like the wrack scudding before a storm.
Villette
13
To see her going to wrack and ruin shocked me terribly.
Poor Folk
14
Earthquakes and tsunami wrack the earth, while plagues infect the populace.
Wired
15
But like everyone in town, this straggle-bearded wrack-gatherer knew Tom Morris.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
16
The crowd roared their encouragement from tables assembled from wave-wrack and ship's timbers.
Assail
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Translations for wrack
Portuguese
destruir
Wrack through the time
Wrack across language varieties
United Kingdom
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