Verb: wrack rak
- Torment emotionally or mentally
"The uncertainty wracked her nerves";
- torment, torture, excruciate [archaic], rack
- [archaic] Smash or break forcefully
"The storm wracked the small boat";
- bust up [informal], wreck
- Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
"Beachcombers collected wrack along the shoreline"
- Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
"Sea wrack washed up on the beach after the storm";
- sea wrack
- The destruction or collapse of something
"wrack and ruin";
- rack
Derived forms: wracked, wracking, wracks
Type of: anguish, demolition, destroy, destruction, hurt, pain, ruin, seaweed, wipeout
Encyclopedia: Wrack