To wreck, destroy, or cause severe damage to something; to ruin or shipwreck.
From 'be-' plus 'wreck' (to destroy or break apart), intensifying the verb to mean complete destruction or ruin.
Medieval English speakers used 'be-' to amplify actions—'bewreck' didn't just mean breaking something, but thoroughly destroying it, leaving it wrecked.
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