as in to inflict
to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for
wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies
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The closest analogy to what Whannell is trying to do here isn’t a werewolf movie so much as David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986), which turned a ’50s B-movie into a gory, gooey interpretation of the havoc disease wreaks on those suffering from both sides of the hospital bed.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
This omission wreaks of the same pettiness that led to several other Ngannou scrubs from UFC production.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
This moment of macho triumph is short-lived, however, because Wulf eventually returns with an army at his back to wreak vengeance on Rohan.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
In the 1860s, after the Old World had deepened its grip on the New, an emissary traveled back from America to Europe to wreak some havoc of its own.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
This omission wreaks of the same pettiness that led to several other Ngannou scrubs from UFC production.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
This moment of macho triumph is short-lived, however, because Wulf eventually returns with an army at his back to wreak vengeance on Rohan.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
In the 1860s, after the Old World had deepened its grip on the New, an emissary traveled back from America to Europe to wreak some havoc of its own.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Wreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreak. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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