wreaking

Verb

Present participle of wreak.

Noun

(plural wreakings)

The act by which something is wreaked.
the wreakings of revenge
wreakings of the vengeance of a wrathful God against His own creatures

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Shane diplomatically acknowledged Elizabeth as his sovereign, and sometimes played the part of a loyal subject, wreaking his private vengeance under colour of expelling the Scots from Ulster.
Herod returned with an army, but his father prevailed upon him to depart to Galilee without wreaking his vengeance upon his enemies.

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