wreak
verb (used with object)
to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.).
will wreak
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future tenseof wreak.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Executives and politicians across the world worry about the havoc that next-generation artificial intelligence will wreak on industries from finance to health care.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
If this process continues at its current pace for another 30 years, it will wreak havoc on Earth.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
Chief among their concerns is that a dozen new homes will wreak havoc on the area’s fragile ecosystem and that the developer lacks any real experience to undertake a project of this size.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
Mr. McConnell also argued that the gas tax holiday will wreak havoc on the Highway Trust Fund, a pool of money used to finance state and local transportation projects.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
It is too vast—too deep—and I will wreak it in other worlds, a myriad ages from now.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph
