Loose and Wreck

Loose

Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Wreck and loose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wreck" instead a verb "Loose".

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

Wreck verb - To cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking.

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Loose and wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loose" instead a verb "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

Predictably, D'Artagnan escape from his bonds, which were loose thanks to the fire, and proceed to wreck havoc on the fort.

Source: Anime / The Three Musketeers
Whenever a telepathic Big Bad or Sealed Evil in a Can gets loose, The Empath usually gets reduced to a blubbering temple-clutching wreck in the first encounter to put the emphasis on exactly how bad the villain's mojo is.

Source: The Empath
Colony Drop: One weapon (that eventually becomes standardized for both sides) is the "free planet" - a small, rocky, generally otherwise-useless planetoid given a network of inertialess drives so that it can be dragged off wherever needed, then turned loose to seriously wreck someone's day.

Source: Literature / Lensman

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