Complete Definition of "havoc"

English

Alternative spellings
havock (e.g. in Milton)

Noun
havoc (Uncountable)

  1. devastation
  2. mayhem

Translations
trans-top|devastation
Finnish: hävitys, tuho, vahinko
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trans-top|mayhem
Finnish: kaaos, sekasorto
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ttbc|French: [Chaos|chaos]] m
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Verb
havoc

  1. to pillage.

#:Quotations
#:*1599: To tear and havoc more than she can eat. — Shakespeare, Henry V, I-ii

Derived terms
play havoc, raise havoc, wreak havoc, cry havoc

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Revision and Credits for"havoc"
  • 2007-12-12 08:14 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/69.124.172.41|69.124.172.41]] ([[User_talk:69.124.172.41|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]]

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