Meaning of HAVOC
| Pronunciation: | | 'havuk
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| | Definition: | | [n] violent and needless disturbance |
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| | Synonyms: | | mayhem |
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| | See Also: | | disturbance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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