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storm-wracked

adj

Etymology

From earlier “wracked by storm”, in sense wrack (“destroy”). Later sense of “stormy” due to influence by and confusion with rack (“torture, suffer”); see usage notes for rack.

Definitions

  1. Destroyed by a storm.

  2. Stormy, beset by a storm.

    • I sailed a ship in a storm-wracked sea And all were lost except for me.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA