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Havoc

Havoc Meaning & Definition
Havoc Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Havoc?

[n] violent and needless disturbance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Havoc: mayhem

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See Also | disturbance

Havoc In Webster's Dictionary

\Hav"oc\, n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. --Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! --Addison.
\Hav"oc\, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. --Milton.
\Hav"oc\, interj. [See {Havoc}, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. --Toone. Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. --Shak. Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! --Shak.

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