wrack

[ UK /ɹˈæk/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæk/ ]

NOUN

the destruction or collapse of something
wrack and ruin
growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore

VERB

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Need-wrack and grim nithing, of night-bales the greatest. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
Fascinated with the meeting of memory and language, adept at conjuring states of mind, and haunted by the violence wracking his homeland, Hemon is a stoic tragedian and a brilliant satirist. The Question of Bruno by Aleksandar Hemon: Book summary
Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
The game ended up going to a penalty shootout, which was pretty nerve-wracking, and a little anticlimatic at the same time.
Under current media regulations, all foreign journalists need to be accredited by the government before entering the violence-wracked country.
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said his former wife and student son had been "pestered" by reporters, with one "rooting about" in dustbins. The Guardian World News
Most of Saturday I was distracted and fretful, wracking my brains about what I could do when I would be forced to disappear from Rob's life for an entire month.
Somewhat more creationist in approach is the Nerve-Wracking Ball: a bowling ball on a rope, dangling from a tall tree branch. 04.04
Exams can be nerve-wracking, and controlling your stress levels around this time can be difficult.
He found the soapy mucus within the vesicles of the Bladderwrack an excellent resolvent, and most useful in dispersing scrofulous swellings. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

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