What does Havoc mean?

Definitions for Havoc
ˈhæv əkhav·oc

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. havoc, mayhemnoun

    violent and needless disturbance

Wiktionary

  1. havocnoun

    devastation

  2. havocnoun

    mayhem

  3. havocverb

    To pillage.

  4. havocverb

    To cause havoc.

Wikipedia

  1. havoc

    High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of crewed NASA mission concepts to the planet Venus. All human portions of the missions would be conducted from lighter-than-air craft or from orbit.

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  1. havoc

    Havoc is a noun that refers to widespread chaos, destruction, or disorder. It describes a state of great upheaval or confusion caused by extensive damage, devastation, or unruly situations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Havocnoun

    wide and general destruction; devastation; waste

  2. Havocverb

    to devastate; to destroy; to lay waste

  3. Havocnoun

    a cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter

  4. Etymology: [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.]

Wikidata

  1. Havoc

    Kejuan Muchita, better known by his stage name Havoc, is an American rapper, record producer and one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep with Prodigy.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Havoc

    hav′ok, n. general waste or destruction: devastation.—v.t. to lay waste.—interj. an ancient hunting or war cry. [O. Fr. havot, plunder, of Teut. origin.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. havoc

    Formerly a war cry, and the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Thus Shakspeare, "Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war."

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. havoc

    Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. Also, to waste; to destroy; to lay waste.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Havoc in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Havoc in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Havoc in a Sentence

  1. Julius Caesar:

    Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!

  2. Joe Stork:

    Iraq can't win the fight against ISIS's atrocities with attacks on civilians that violate the laws of war and fly in the face of human decency, militia abuses are wreaking havoc among some of Iraq's most vulnerable people and exacerbating sectarian hostilities.

  3. Amanda Vincent:

    It's just devastating and it wreaks ecological havoc, it's annihilation fishing, pure and simple, and it has to stop.

  4. Wayne Beatty:

    The swings (in oil and gas) are much bigger than what other industries have seen and that creates all sorts of havoc.

  5. Bruce Sewell:

    Hackers and cyber criminals could use this to wreak havoc on our privacy and personal safety.

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