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Meanings of wrack in английском

португальский
destruir
каталонский
desbaratar
испанский
destrozar

Smash or break forcefully.

        destruir
        испанский
        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 английском
                    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
                    португальский
                    destruir
                    каталонский
                    desbaratardestrossarespatllar
                    Wrack through the time
                    Wrack across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common