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1. (n.) havoc
great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
2. (v.t.) havoc
to work havoc upon; devastate.
3. (v.i.) havoc
to work havoc.
4. havoc
to create confusion or disorder in.
5. havoc
to destroy; ruin.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME havok < AF (in phrase crier havok to cry havoc, i.e., utter the command havoc! as signal for pillaging), MF havot in same sense < Gmc)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) havoc, mayhem
violent and needless disturbance
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) havoc
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
2. (noun) havoc
a cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter
3. (verb) havoc
to devastate; to destroy; to lay waste
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Sense: great destruction or damage
The hurricane created havoc over a wide area.
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 Afrikaans: verwoesting |
 Arabic: خَراب، دمار |
 Bulgarian: опустошение |
 Brazilian: devastação |
 Czech: spoušť |
 German: die Verwüstung |
 Danish: ødelæggelse |
 Greek: ερήμωση, καταστροφή |
 Spanish: estragos, destrucción |
 Estonian: hävitustöö |
 Farsi: ويرانی |
 Finnish: sekasorto |
 French: ravage |
 Hebrew: הֶרֶס |
 Hindi: विनाश |
 Croatian: opustošenost, poharanost, |
 Hungarian: pusztítás |
 Indonesian: kerusakan |
 Icelandic: eyðilegging, skaði |
 Italian: devastazione |
 Japanese: 大破壊 |
 Korean: 대혼란, 대파괴 |
 Lithuanian: nusiaubimas |
 Latvian: postījumi |
 Malay: kemusnahan |
 Dutch: verwoesting, averij |
 Norwegian: skade,ødeleggelse |
 Polish: spustoszenie |
 Persian: ويرانی |
 Pashto: ويجاړه ونه ، ورانونه ، كو |
 Portuguese: devastação |
 Romanian: prăpăd, ravagii |
 Russian: разрушение |
 Slovak: spúšť |
 Slovenian: opustošenje |
 Serbian: pustoš |
 Swedish: förstörelse, ödeläggelse |
 Thai: ความหายนะ |
 Turkish: hasar, yıkım |
 Taiwanese: 浩劫，大破壞 |
 Ukrainian: спустошення; руйнування |
 Urdu: تباہی اور بربادی |
 Vietnamese: sự tàn phá |
 Chinese: 大破坏 |
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