Havoc

[havĀ·oc]

Havoc is a noun that means devastation or total mayhem. Havoc often wreaked by hurricanes, angry mobs, plundering Vikings, and wild parties that get out of control.

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Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

Noun
violent and needless disturbance


n.
Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

v. t.
To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.

n.
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.


Havoc

Hav"oc , n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church.
Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works!

Havoc

Hav"oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and havoc yonder world.

Havoc

Hav"oc, interj. [See Havoc, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant.
Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!

Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.

A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

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Usage Examples

Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.

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Other Usage Examples

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.

For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

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