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bewreck

verb
/bɪˈɹɛk/

Etymology

From be- + wreck. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive or bring to”). More at be-, wreck.

  1. derived from *wrekaną✻
  2. derived from *wrek✻
  3. derived from wrek
  4. inherited from wrek
  5. prefixed as bewreck — “be + wreck”

Definitions

  1. To wreck completely

    To wreck completely; ruin; destroy.

    • a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt.

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