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. Haley Huggins:

    The main thing to look out for is keeping body oils off of the external fabric on a down jacket or sleeping bag because that will wreak havoc on the feathers themselves, when you start seeing oil stains, if the fabric feels greasy or if you start to feel big clumps of down in the jacket or sleeping bag baffles, that’s a sign that you should definitely do something quick.

  2. Lili Bernard:

    On the one hand I feel absolutely elated that justice was served. On the other hand I also feel disappointed, because clearly the three-year minimum sentence does not adequately reflect the havoc this man, this rapist, has inflicted on so many women, including Lili Bernard, it does indicate there is now a shift in the legal system that is now going to reflect modern culture, and that now women's voices are being believed and women's lives are being valued.

  3. Eric Williams:

    I am amazed that this did not turn into a very bad situation because he was standing in the midst of these guardsmen, with a loaded handgun, plenty of ammunition to cause a lot of havoc, and for whatever reason, he put the gun in the front of his pants when he saw officers arriving.

  4. Judge Statom:

    At some point and time he will have to answer for any crimes that he commits, but he doesn’t get to wreak havoc on our community.

  5. Jonathan Gold:

    Covid-19 has wreaked unprecedented havoc on American businesses and farmers, tariffs are the last thing that any company should have to worry about during this pandemic.

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