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Synonyms
wrack1,
also rack (răk)

[Middle English, from Old English wræc, punishment (influenced by Middle Dutch wrak, shipwreck).]

noun 

  1. Destruction or ruin.
  2. A remnant or vestige of something destroyed.
wrack2,
also rack (răk)

[Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch.]

noun 

    1. Wreckage, especially of a ship cast ashore.
    2. Chiefly British Violent destruction of a building or vehicle.
    1. Dried seaweed.
    2. Marine vegetation, especially kelp.

verb: wracked, also racked, wrack·ing, rack·ing, wracks, racks 

transitive verb 

To cause the ruin of; wreck.

intransitive verb 

To be wrecked.