wrack and ruin
Complete destruction.
Whiles all things seeme to fall to wracke and ruine.
wrack
/ɹæk/
noun 8verb 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
drifting, dull
VERB + WRACK
suffered
WRACK + NOUN
hero's
PREP.
since
ADV.
slowly
Definitions
noun
1
Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
2
Ruin; destruction.
Therefore, in sign her treasure suffered wrack, Since Hero's time hath half the world been black.
3
The remains of something; a wreck.
Lytle was already moaning in shame, fallen back in bed with his hand across his face like he'd just washed up somewhere, a piece of wrack.
verb
1
To execute vengeance on; avenge.
2
To worry; tease; torment.
noun
1
Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam.
2
The right to claim such items.
3
Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
4
Weeds, vegetation, or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
5
A high, flying cloud; a rack.
A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky, and a star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of the clouds.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Therefore, in sign her treasure suffered wrack, Since Hero's time hath half the world been black.
Wiktionary02
Lytle was already moaning in shame, fallen back in bed with his hand across his face like he'd just washed up somewhere, a piece of wrack.
Wiktionary03
A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky, and a star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of the clouds.
Wiktionary04
Nor did the croakers have long to wait. The second night after the drowning of the mate the little yacht was suddenly wracked from stem to stern. About one o’clock in the morning there was a terrific
Wiktionary05
It marked her first performance in over four years after revealing that her body had been wracked with painful spasms following her diagnosis with the rare and chronic neurological disorder.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, wrack is marked as archaic, literary, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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