Definitions for: Havoc

[n] violent and needless disturbance

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: mayhem

See Also: disturbance

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