havoc

  • 11havoc — I noun anarchy, carnage, cataclysm, chaos, chaotic state, confusion, depredation, derangement, desolation, destruction, devastation, disorder, disorganization, dispersion, disruption, holocaust, overturning, pillage, plundering, ravage, ruin,… …

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  • 12havoc — *ruin, devastation, destruction Analogous words: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe (see DISASTER): ravaging, pillaging, despoiling (see RAVAGE) …

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  • 13havoc — [n] chaotic situation calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, despoiling, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin*, ravages, ruination, shambles*,… …

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  • 14Havoc — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Patronyme 2 Fiction 3 Divers …

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  • 15havoc — noun VERB + HAVOC ▪ cause, create, play, wreak PREPOSITION ▪ havoc among ▪ The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies …

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  • 16havoc — /ˈhævək / (say havuhk) noun 1. devastation; ruinous damage. 2. Obsolete (a word used as the signal for pillage in warfare): to cry havoc. –verb (havocked, havocking) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon. –verb (i) 4. to work havoc. –phrase 5 …

  • 17havoc — havocker, n. /hav euhk/, n., v., havocked, havocking. n. 1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage. 2. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster. 3. play havoc with, a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the… …

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  • 18havoc — [[t]hæ̱vək[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Havoc is great disorder, and confusion. Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town. Syn: chaos 2) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents it from… …

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  • 19havoc — hav|oc [ hævək ] noun uncount a situation in which there is a lot of damage or destruction, or in which something cannot continue in its normal way because of problems: cause/create havoc (=cause a lot of damage or harm): Winter storms continued… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20havoc — hav•oc [[t]ˈhæv ək[/t]] n. v. ocked, ock•ing 1) great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage 2) to work havoc upon; devastate 3) to work havoc • play havoc with Etymology: 1400–50; late ME havok < AF (in phrase crier havok to cry havoc,… …

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