Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Wreak

/(rēk)/ · IPA /ɹik/

01 v. i. To reck; to care.

1.
To reck; to care.[Obs.]

02 v. t. To revenge; to avenge.

imp. & p. p. Wreaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking

1.
To revenge; to avenge.[Archaic]
“He should wreake him on his foes.” — Chaucer.

“Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself.” — Spenser.

“Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.” — Fairfax.
2.
To inflict or execute, especially in vengeance or passion; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy; to wreak havoc.
“On me let Death wreak all his rage.” — Milton.

“Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years.” — Macaulay.

“But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave.” — Bryant.

03 n. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

1.
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.[Obs.]