What does wreckful mean?
Wreckful means (poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous..
O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?
[…]a single star I had watched by night searching the wreckful seas[…]
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Wreckful means (poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous..
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O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?
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