We reduce the nonlinear wave equation □nu = αF[exp(βu)] to ordinary differential equtions and construct exact solutions, by the use of a compatible d'Alembert-Hamilton system. The solutions of these ordinary differential equations, together with the solutions of the corresponding d'Alembert-Hamilton equations, provide a rich class of exact solutions of the multidimensional wave equations. The wave equations are studied in n-dimensional Minkowski space.