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Definitions for Havoc

[1] great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
[2] to work havoc upon; devastate.
[3] to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house.
[4] cry havoc , to warn of danger or disaster.
[5] play havoc with , to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans.
[6] destruction; devastation; ruin
[7] informal confusion; chaos
[8] cry havoc archaic to give the signal for pillage and destruction
[9] play havoc (often foll by with) to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
[10] (tr) archaic to lay waste

Words related to Havoc

devastation, catastrophe, disruption, confusion, chaos, mayhem, calamity, cataclysm, destruction, ruination, loss, wreckage, dilapidation, wreck, desolation, damage, plunder, shambles, vandalism, waste

Words nearby Havoc

haversian system, haversine, havilah, haviland, havildar, havoc, havre, havurah, havírov, haw, haw-haw

Origin of Havoc

1400–50; late Middle English havok < Anglo-French (in phrase crier havok to cry havoc, i.e., utter the command havoc! as signal for pillaging), Middle French havot in same sense < Germanic

Other words from Havoc

hav·ock·er , noun

Word origin for Havoc

C15: from Old French havot pillage, probably of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Havoc

calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, destruction, devastation, disruption, mayhem, damage, desolation, dilapidation, disorder, loss, plunder, ravages, ruination, shambles, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage, despoiling, rack and ruin