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   hav·oc

   /ˈhavək/

   noun

   • 1. widespread destruction: "the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc" Similar devastationdestructiondamagedesolationdepredationdespoliationruinationruindisasterravagementwastecatastrophe
   • ▪ great confusion or disorder: "schoolchildren wreaking havoc in the classroom" Similar disorderchaosdisruptionmayhembedlampandemoniumturmoiltumultconfusionuproarcommotionupheavalfurorshamblesinformal:hullabalooa madhousea three-ring circusOpposite peace

   verb

   • 1. lay waste to; devastate. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot) ‘to give an army the order havoc’, which was the signal for plundering.

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   Synonyms for HAVOC: hell, chaos, mess, confusion, jumble, disorder, disarray, heck; Antonyms of HAVOC: order, system, orderliness, plan, method, pattern, building, construction.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to havoc. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of havoc. The tornado wreaked havoc on the town. Synonyms. widespread damage. destruction. devastation. ruin. wrack and ruin. disaster. catastrophe. cataclysm. ruination. chaos. disorder. calamity. upheaval.

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   Synonyms of havoc. 1. : wide and general destruction : devastation. A tornado wreaked havoc on the town two years ago. 2. : great confusion and disorder. the blackout caused havoc in the city. havoc. 2 of 2. verb. havocked; havocking. transitive verb. : to lay waste : destroy. Synonyms. Noun. chance-medley. chaos. confusion. disarrangement.

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   Synonyms for HAVOC in English: devastation, damage, destruction, waste, ruin, wreck, slaughter, ravages, carnage, desolation, …

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    Synonyms for HAVOC: bane, destruction, devastation, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage, destruction, devastation, mayhem, ruin, chaos, confusion, demolition, desolation; Antonyms for HAVOC: peace.

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    1 (noun) in the sense of devastation. Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town. Synonyms. devastation. damage. destruction. waste. ruin. wreck. slaughter. ravages. carnage. desolation. rack and ruin. despoliation (formal) See examples for synonyms. 2 (noun) in the sense of disorder. Definition. chaos, disorder, and confusion. (informal)