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Definition of Havoc
1. Noun. Violent and needless disturbance.
Definition of Havoc
1. n. Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
2. v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
3. interj. A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Definition of Havoc
1. Noun. devastation ¹
2. Noun. mayhem ¹
3. Verb. To pillage. ¹
4. Verb. To cause havoc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Havoc
1. to destroy [v -OCKED, -OCKING, -OCS] - See also: destroy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Havoc
Literary usage of Havoc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1981 But it is sometimes said to be wrecked: the isolationists wrecked their
havoc by boldly asserting that economic and military assistance were two ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"The havoc, however, was great. In the first four Greatness days of the operations
in the Sea of Azof, it already havoc, included the destruction of ..."
3. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... the Spoils—Extent of the havoc of Conquest— Murderous Standing Army—Roman
Generals brought Spoilt in their Own Name—Countless Slaves of their Conquests— ..."
4. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"The inarch had been a pleasant one, as far as the country was concerned; but it
was exasperating to witness the havoc and desolation caused by the thieving ..."
5. History of England by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1870)
"The Thames also became an agent in the metropolitan havoc. ... In other towns
there was equal havoc. " Portsmouth " says a writer of the time " looks like a ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"On the 13th a storm scattered the fleet and did the ships terrible havoc.
Essex was forced to put in at Falmouth (19 July), and Raleigh, who had parted ..."
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