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Synonyms for havoc

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hav-uhk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæv ək

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Définition of havoc

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Anglo-French havok in phrase crier havok "cry havoc" (late 14c.), a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French havot "pillaging, looting," related to haver "to seize, grasp," hef "hook," probably from a Germanic source (see hawk (n.)), or from Latin habere "to have, possess." General sense of "devastation" first recorded late 15c.
  • noun chaotic situation
Example sentences :
  • As he did so he wondered if it was possible that Constantine did not realize the havoc he had wrought.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • The ploughshare of havoc has been driven through the gardens of luxury.
  • Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
  • He shuddered at the thought of the havoc which its detonation would cause.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • To these he added the immense range of his migrations, and the havoc he commits.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
  • She did not come back, as some might have done, to view the havoc she had wrought.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • The very agents in the massacre were appalled at the havoc they had made.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • Only Conor stood silent, gazing at the havoc he had wrought.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • He had thrown a bomb into the meeting, and he smiled to see the havoc it created.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • But the race of the good were not all expelled from this scene of havoc and outrage.
  • Extract from : « The Stranger in France » by John Carr
  • It is impossible to relate the havoc they made there, burning all before them.
  • Extract from : « Pirates » by Anonymous

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