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   havoc

   /ˈhavək/

   noun

   • 1. widespread destruction: "the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc" Similar devastationdestructiondamagedesolationdepredationdespoliationruinationruindisasterravagementwastecatastrophe
   • ▪ great confusion or disorder: "if they weren't at school they'd be wreaking havoc in the streets" Similar disorderchaosdisruptionmayhembedlampandemoniumturmoiltumultconfusionuproarcommotionupheavalfuroreshamblesinformal: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.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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