wrack

  1. Noun.  (archaic, or) revenge, persecution.
  2. Noun.  (archaic, except in dialects) ruin, destruction.
  3. Noun.  the remains; a wreck.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
  5. Noun.  any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus ''Fucus''.
  6. Noun.  weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) to wreck, especially a ship (''usually in passive'').
  8. Verb.  (alternative form of, rack) to cause to suffer pain etc.

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