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- WRACK Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Wrack and rack are etymologically distinct, meaning they come from different words Many usage guides will advise that you should use wrack for meanings such as "to utterly ruin," and rack for "to cause to suffer torture, pain, anguish, or ruin "
- Wrack vs. Rack – Whats The Difference? | Dictionary. com
The words rack and wrack are often used interchangeably in the contexts of destruction and torment Rack is the more common choice (and often the one considered more standard) in expressions like racking my brain and nerve-racking, but wrack is also commonly used
- How to Use Rack vs. wrack Correctly - GRAMMARIST
To wrack one’s brain would be to wreck it This might sort of make sense in some figurative uses, but rack is the standard spelling where the phrase means to think very hard
- WRACK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
When people are wracked with self-doubts, it helps build their courage and ability to cope By the time of his death, the president had been wracked by insomnia and lost interest in food She said it left her wracked with guilt These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web
- Wrack - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Wrack is when something falls into disrepair When an old house deteriorates, you can describe its wrack, or the process of its crumbling collapse You're most likely to come across the noun wrack in the phrase "go to wrack and ruin "
- WRACK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
any microscopic unicellular alga of the phylum Bacillariophyta, occurring in marine or fresh water singly or in colonies, each cell having a cell wall made of two halves and impregnated with silica
- wrack - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
wrack (third-person singular simple present wracks, present participle wracking, simple past and past participle wracked) (UK dialectal, transitive) To execute vengeance on; avenge
- Wrack - definition of wrack by The Free Dictionary
1 damage or destruction: wrack and ruin 2 wreck or wreckage 3 a trace of something destroyed: leaving not a wrack behind
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