[ US /ˈhævək/ ]
[ UK /hˈævək/ ]
NOUN
  1. violent and needless disturbance
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How To Use havoc In A Sentence

  • Also, that no man be so hardy to crye havock upon peyne that he that is begynner shall be deede therefore: and the remanent that doo the same, or follow, shall lose their horse and harneis ... and his body in prison at the king's will. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850
  • Drought is wreaking havoc in the Thanjavur belt of Tamil Nadu.
  • Props 1A-1F must be defeated, because they would wreak long-term havoc on the state. Paul Hogarth: Arnold's May Special Election: Just Say No!
  • Ten years of war, social revolution, and invasion have played havoc with the Kampuchean population. Kampuchea: A Demographic Catastrophe
  • Phase change causes the locusts to swarm over vegetation, behavior that has wreaked havoc on crops in Africa and the Middle East for centuries.
  • Eight people have died in the past few days after snow, avalanches and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc. Times, Sunday Times
  • A storm system raging across Western Europe continued to wreak havoc in the air and sea yesterday, bringing down an Italian helicopter and sinking an Italian cargo ship loaded with chemicals.
  • A scrunchy havoc of whip, sleigh bells, saxophones, bass guitar, as well as the full forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Nibelung note of a household hammer for good measure, bashed, danced and whirled through this 15-minute non-stop toccata. BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet
  • They play a vital role in the food chain by eating aphids, which can cause havoc to crops. The Sun
  • Charles the Bald could warn or punish by leaving a trail of havoc along his line of march.
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