What does mayhem mean?
Definitions for mayhem
ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əmmay·hem
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Princeton's WordNet
mayhemnoun
the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
havoc, mayhemnoun
violent and needless disturbance
GCIDE
mayhemnoun
Violent disorder, especially such as causes serious harm to persons or damage to property.
Wiktionary
mayhemnoun
A state of disorder; chaos.
mayhemnoun
Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
mayhemnoun
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection.
Wikipedia
Mayhem
Mayhem is a song by Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May. Written solely by May, the song was released as her fourth single on 13 September 2010 and the second single from her third studio album of the same name. It has become one of May's signature songs, next to her first single "Johnny Got a Boom Boom."
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mayhem
Mayhem refers to a chaotic or violent state of disorder and confusion. It commonly refers to a situation where there is destruction, havoc, or extreme chaos, often resulting from a violent incident or a lack of control or order. In legal context, mayhem specifically refers to a serious criminal offense involving the intentional infliction of injury or mutilation upon another person, typically resulting in severe physical harm or disfigurement.
Webster Dictionary
Mayhemnoun
the maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim
Etymology: [The same as maim. See Maim.]
Wikidata
Mayhem
Mayhem are a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo long regarded as one of the pioneers of the Norwegian black metal scene. Mayhem's career has been highly controversial, primarily due to their violent stage performances, the 1991 suicide of vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin and 1993 murder of guitarist Øystein Aarseth by former member Varg Vikernes, also of Burzum. The group released a demo and an EP that were highly influential, and amassed a loyal following through sporadic and notorious live performances, attracting further attention through their ties to the string of Norwegian church burnings and the prominent incidents of violence surrounding them. They disbanded after Aarseth's murder, shortly before the release of their debut album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, regarded as a classic of the black metal genre. Surviving former members Jan Axel Blomberg, Jørn Stubberud and Sven Erik Kristiansen reformed two years later with Rune Eriksen replacing Aarseth. Attila Csihar and Krister Dreyer have since replaced Kristiansen and Eriksen respectively. The band's music strongly influenced the black metal genre and was instrumental in moving the wider metal scene away from the prevailing trend for speed metal. Their post-Aarseth material is characterised by increased experimentation. Mayhem's most recent album, Ordo Ad Chao, received the Spellemannprisen award for Best Metal Album in 2007.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mayhem
mā′hem, n. the offence of depriving a person by violence of any limb, member, or organ, or causing any mutilation of the body. [Maim.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
mayhem
The law-term for maim.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mayhem in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mayhem in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of mayhem in a Sentence
When the announcement was made to defund the police … that just opened the doors to a level of mayhem where taboos were erased, standards were no longer acknowledged because only the cops could be wrong – a citizen couldn’t be wrong, and so, the naivete of the leadership to not understand how the lawless community would exploit their announcement was maddening.
The Royal Society of Medicine:
Post election violence was experienced firsthand as neighbor turned on neighbor, communities were destroyed and the media in some cases became the focus of mob rage, the deeply traumatic nature of this exposure to violence is highlighted by the fact that seven years on from the rioting and mayhem, prominent symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety remain.
There's always the possibility of mischief and mayhem, especially with someone who is hellbent on retribution.
If there are people going out and peacefully protesting, we will help facilitate that peaceful protest, but if they are coming to create this mayhem, we are going to address this mayhem.
Quite often, in the mayhem which is happening in the Middle East currently, we lose sight of the other positive trends, if we look in the last year, if we took out the Middle East ... the world would have become more peaceful.
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- أذىArabic
- tumult, mutilació, avalot, aldarullCatalan, Valencian
- zmatekCzech
- kaosDanish
- ChaosGerman
- αντάραGreek
- tumulto, alboroto, mutilación criminalSpanish
- tumulte, chaos, dévastation, grabuge, désordre, mutilationFrench
- caorIrish
- felfordulásHungarian
- kekacauanIndonesian
- caos, confusioneItalian
- מהומהHebrew
- 騒乱Japanese
- სახიჩრობაGeorgian
- chaosDutch
- kaosNorwegian
- okaleczeniePolish
- caosPortuguese
- беспорядок, хаос, увечье, искалечение, изувечениеRussian
- sakatimAlbanian
- சகதியில்Tamil
- 混亂Chinese
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