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Type Words
Synonyms sea wrack
Type of seaweed
Type Words
Synonyms bust up, wreck
Type of destroy, ruin
Type Words
Synonyms rack
Type of destruction, demolition, wipeout


wrack and ruin.
Type Words
Type of seaweed

Examples of wrack

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It survived 530 often-turbulent years before it finally fell into wrack and ruin.
From the economist.com
Wrack is the common name for several species of seaweed in the family Fucaceae.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Transfer the doughnuts to a wire wrack to cool at least 15 minutes before glazing.
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So we wrack our brains pandora beads and try every way to make clothes for our pets.
From the eu.techcrunch.com
Pictured is the common Irish species spiral or flat wrack Fucus spiralis.
From the sciencedaily.com
A lurking sea-wrack of green fronds was oversalted, but the whole starter was impressive.
From the independent.co.uk
Bladder wrack is used as an additive and flavouring in various food products in Europe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Despite Richardson's resignation, internal tensions continued to wrack the National Party.
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Bowden says dissension can wrack a team when its stars are not allowed to showcase their talents.
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More examples
  • Bust up: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
  • Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
  • The destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
  • Sea wrack: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
  • In mathematics, racks and quandles are sets with a binary operations satisfying axioms analogous to the Reidemeister moves used to manipulate knot diagrams.
  • The Mahogany Ship refers to a putative, early shipwreck that is purported to lie beneath the sand in the Armstrong Bay area, approximately 3 to 6 kilometres west of Warrnambool in southwest Victoria, Australia. In many modern accounts it is described as a Portuguese caravel.
  • Wrack is the common name for several species of seaweed in the family Fucaceae. Pelvetia canaliculata (L.) Dcne. et Thur., Fucus spiralis L., Fucus vesiculosus L., Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. and Fucus serratus L. are the most common examples to be found in the British Isles. ...
  • Revenge, persecution; ruin, destruction; the remains; a wreck; to wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive)
  • Algae, plant and animal matter, and drift material (including solid wastes and other pollutants) that accumulate on beaches, usually at the high tide mark.