The past participle of wreak is wreaked, as in boll weevils wreaked havoc on the US cotton industry. An alternative expression is wrought havoc, as in over-fishing has wrought havoc in some areas. Wrought is an archaic past tense of work and is not, as is sometimes assumed, a past tense of wreak. There is therefore no justification for the view, sometimes expressed, that wreaked is an incorrect form.
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