Word: wreaking
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...closing, I suggest that you have your hoodlums look me up and come out here to wreak their and your vengeance on me. I'll be awaiting them. Hail America
...purpose was to wreak final ruin on a section of the German population which had already been systematically persecuted to the brink of ruin...
Second, there is the possibility that once a closed shop becomes established at Harvard, both officials and students will have to deal with a force which, if in complete power, may wreak great damage, even to the point of closing the dining halls. As a free educational institution Harvard can scarcely take the risk of being circumscribed by an outside force. Impractical demands for higher and higher wages by the closed shop, or objections to the employment of non-union workers in other parts of the University, may foster disputes between the two organizations. As a leader in liberal thought...
...bombs were discovered in Germany by Allied commissioners. They were found to be Thermite bombs which do not explode but silently produce one of the hottest known chemical reactions, easily burning through a slate roof. Many authorities on the next war consider that while gas bombs will wreak gruesome horror, more actual damage will be done by Thermite bombs...
...curry favor with the A. F. of L., many a Senator who believed that five billions for relief was too much, that the surest way of killing it was to boost the figure so much higher that the President could not accept it. Shrewd Huey Long, striving to wreak his vengeance on the Administration, succeeded at the last minute in transferring a critical "pair." Result: the prevailing wage amendment won 44-to-43-24 Democrats deserting the President, all but four Republicans deserting the principles of economy...