havoc
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughterA cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
» Vandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.
Вандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed
Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Examples
23 sentencesVandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.
Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha
ruВандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed
The children wreaked havoc in the house.
Діти вчинили гармидер удома. — Ahha
The drunken sailors wrecked havoc inside the bar.
П'яні моряки вчинили розгром у барі. — Ahha
ruПьяные моряки учинили разгром в баре. — Karok
deDie betrunkenen Matrosen verwüsteten die Kneipe. — Zaghawa
The golem wreaked havoc on the village.
I will play havoc with your house.
Origin
From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry haFrom Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (“hook”), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (“pruning-hook, scythe”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), related to Old French havee (“handful”), Old French havet (“pruning-hook”), Old High German habba, heppa (“pruning-hook, scythe”), modern German Hippe (“billhook”). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.