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- wreak on
wreak on
wreak something (up)on someone or something
to cause damage, havoc, or destruction to someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The storm wreaked destruction upon the little village. It wreaked much havoc on us.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Allana | | ə-LAN-ə | English (Rare) |
Femme | | FEM-mə (Dutch) | Dutch, Frisian |
Cayden | | KAY-dən | English (Modern) |
Gargi | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Bengali |
Wilburn | | WIL-bərn | English |
Shalev | | - | Hebrew |