noun · uncountable · rare

havoc

хаос, разрушение, опустошение, беспорядок

Zerstörung, Chaos, Durcheinander, Verwüstung

Widespread devastation and destructionWidespread devastation and destruction.

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US/ˈhævək/

» Vandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.

Вандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed

Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha

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Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable, usually)Widespread devastation and destruction.
Zerstörung, Verwüstung
опустоше́ниеopustošénije, разруше́ниеrazrušénije
(uncountable, usually)Mayhem.
Chaos, Durcheinander
беспоря́докbesporjádok, ха́осxáos, хао́сxaós

More definitions

violent and needless disturbance

Examples

23 sentences

Vandals wreaked havoc in the abandoned house.
Вандали вчинили погром у покинутому будинку. — Ahha
ruВандалы устроили погром в заброшенном доме. — odexed
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The children wreaked havoc in the house.
Діти вчинили гармидер удома. — Ahha
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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
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The golem wreaked havoc on the village.
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I will play havoc with your house.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

devastation:

mayhem:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

devastation:

mayhem:

Origin

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry ha

From 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.

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