wrack
Ruin or seaweed
Wrack is seaweed or other marine vegetation cast ashore, or the destruction left behind by storms and time: wrack and ruin.
Two different English words have settled on this spelling—one meaning debris or destruction, the other meaning seaweed.
In practice, wrack and rack overlap considerably, especially in phrases like nerve-wracking or wracked with guilt, where either spelling appears.
Debris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
shoal · derelict · hulk · salvage · beachcombing · tideline · stranded · aground
Large brown marine algae
- bladderwrackBrown algae with air sacs
- rockweedIntertidal brown algae
- sargassumPelagic brown algae
- dulseEdible red seaweed
laver · nori · sea lettuce · eelgrass · wakame · strandline · tidewrack · tangle
Intense mental suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
torture · grief · heartache · misery · despair · woe · affliction · sorrow
Act of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
shambles · desolation · collapse · dilapidation · decay · disrepair · dereliction · blight
Violent windstorm or turmoil
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
windstorm · hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · driving rain · turbulence · fury · howling wind
flotsam
Debris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- debrisScattered broken fragments
reef · shoal · derelict · hulk · salvage · beachcombing · tideline · stranded · aground · castaway
kelp
Large brown marine algae
- bladderwrackBrown algae with air sacs
- rockweedIntertidal brown algae
- sargassumPelagic brown algae
dulse · laver · nori · sea lettuce · eelgrass · wakame · strandline · tidewrack · tangle · frond
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
distress · torture · grief · heartache · misery · despair · woe · affliction · sorrow · trauma
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
remnants · shambles · desolation · collapse · dilapidation · decay · disrepair · dereliction · blight · carnage
tempest
Violent windstorm or turmoil
lightning · windstorm · hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · driving rain · turbulence · fury · howling wind · battering
- beachcombingseashell, shells, driftwood, sea glass, sand dollar
- tidepoolstidepools, tide pools, tide pool, rockpools, rock pools
- intertidal zonetide pool, tide pools, rock pool, rockpool, rockpools
- sea plantskelp, seagrass, eelgrass, sea lettuce, dulse
- seaweedkelp, nori, wakame, kombu, dulse
- red algaedulse, nori, laver, sea moss
- wrack and ruinState of total decay
- wrack one's brainsThink extremely hard