1. seaweed or other marine vegetation cast ashore by waves
Usage: nautical
2. destruction or ruin
Usage: archaic

1. to cause severe damage or destruction to something
2. to cause great physical or mental suffering

Examples

• The hurricane wracks the coastal town every few years.
• Guilt wracks his conscience after the accident.
• Pain wracks her body during the illness.
• The storm wracks the old building’s foundation.
• Fishermen collect wracks from the beach for fertilizer.
• The ship went to wrack and ruin on the rocks.
• Anxiety wracks her mind before the big presentation.