wrack and ruin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
1577, as wracke and ruine, influenced by earlier go to wrecke (1548).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, uncountable) Complete destruction.
Whiles all things seeme to fall to wracke and ruine.
1577, Henry Bull, Commentarie upon the fiftene psalmes (by Martin Luther, translation):
Forms
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| wracke and ruine | alternative | lexicographic |