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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Havockinterj.

    A word of encouragement to slaughter.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Why stand these royal fronts amazed thus?
    Cry havock, kings! William Shakespeare, King John.

    Até by his side,
    Cries havock! and lets loose the dogs of war. William Shakespeare.

  2. Havocknoun

    Waste; wide and general devastation; merciless destruction.

    Etymology: hafog, Welsh, devastation.

    Having been never used to have any thing of their own, and now being upon spoil of others, they make no spare of any thing, but havock and confusion of all they meet with. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    Saul made havock of the church. Acts viii. 3.

    Ye gods, what havock does ambition make
    Among your works! Joseph Addison, Cato.

    The Rabbins, to express the great havock which has been made of them, tells us, that there were such torrents of holy blood shed, as carried rocks of a hundred yards in circumference above three miles into the sea. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    If it had either air or fuel, it must make a greater havock than any history mentions. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.

  3. To Havockverb

    To waste; to destroy; to lay waste.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Whatsoever they leave, the soldier spoileth and havocketh likewise; so that, between both, nothing is very shortly left. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    See! with what heat these dogs of hell advance,
    To waste and havock yonder world, which I
    So fair and good created! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

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  1. havock

    Havoc is a noun that refers to great chaos, destruction, or disorder. It is often used to describe a situation where there is widespread and severe damage or devastation.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. havock

    A cry originally used in hunting, but afterward in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Havock in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Havock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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