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WRACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wrack" is a kind of...):

seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

sea wrack; wrack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wrack" is a kind of...):

seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The destruction or collapse of something

Example:

wrack and ruin

Synonyms:

rack; wrack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("wrack" is a kind of...):

demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)

Derivation:

wrack (smash or break forcefully)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smash or break forcefully

Example:

The kid busted up the car

Synonyms:

bust up; wrack; wreck

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrack" is one way to...):

destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

wrack (the destruction or collapse of something)

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