Definition of "wracks" [wracks]

• Plural form of wrack. (noun)

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• "Zola wracks up the misery by having each chapter start on a positive note, and end with his heroine ever nearer destitution."
• "Diarrhea: In the developing world, diarrhea wracks the thin bodies of tens of millions of children who have no access to diapers or plumbing ― and it kills between 1.6 and 2.5 million children every year."
• "He then takes a step back and adopts the defensive stance, as there was another person being violent towards him (now making two obvious ones, and five or six offering violent and threatening language directly behind her) he draws his baton and wracks it."