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havoc (noun)
1.
wide and general destruction - devastation
2.
great confusion and disorder - the blackout caused havoc in the city
havoc (verb)
transitive verb
to lay waste - destroy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
havoc (noun)
1.
a state in which everything is out of order
SYNONYMS:
chance-medley, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
RELATED WORDS:
anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot; knot, snarl, tangle; labyrinth, maze, web; maelstrom, storm; bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle; hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
NEAR ANTONYMS:
method, pattern, plan, system
order, orderliness
havoc (noun)
2.
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
SYNONYMS:
annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage
RELATED WORDS:
depredation, despoilment, despoliation; breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter; dismantlement, effacement, eradication
NEAR ANTONYMS:
rescue, salvage, salvation, saving; conservation, preservation, protection; reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration
building, construction, erection, raising
Havoc (Wikipedia)

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Havoc (Wiktionary)

English

Alternative forms

  • havok, havock, hauocke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (cry havoc) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (cry out, shout) + havot (pillaging, looting), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (hook

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