"storm-wracked" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more storm-wracked [comparative], most storm-wracked [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wrack||destroy}} wrack (“destroy”), {{m|en|rack||torture, suffer}} rack (“torture, suffer”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} storm-wracked (comparative more storm-wracked, superlative most storm-wracked)
  1. Destroyed by a storm.
    Sense id: en-storm-wracked-en-adj-UP7oJTow
  2. Stormy, beset by a storm.
    Sense id: en-storm-wracked-en-adj-ptm~2-0L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: storm-racked Related terms: pain-racked

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