Synonyms for havoc
ˈhæv əkhav·oc

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1. havoc

   A massacre is the indiscriminate killing in numbers of the unresisting or defenseless; butchery is the killing of men rudely and ruthlessly as cattle are killed in the shambles. Havoc may not be so complete as massacre, nor so coldly brutal as butchery, but is more widely spread and furious; it is destruction let loose, and may be applied to organizations, interests, etc., as well as to human life; "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church," Acts viii, 3. Carnage (Latin caro, carnis, flesh) refers to widely scattered or heaped up corpses of the slain; slaughter is similar in meaning, but refers more to the process, as carnage does to the result; these two words only of the group may be used of great destruction of life in open and honorable battle, as when we say the enemy was repulsed with great slaughter, or the carnage was terrible.

   Synonyms:
   butchery, carnage, massacre, slaughter

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1. havoc

   Synonyms:
   desolation, ruin, waste, wreck, ravage, demolition, destruction, devastation

   Antonyms:
   conservation, enhancement, enrichment, augmentation, development, productiveness, luxuriance, prosperity

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1. havoc, mayhemnoun

   violent and needless disturbance

   Synonyms:
   mayhem

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1. • Disturbance

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1. havocnoun

   Synonyms:
   ravage, devastation, destruction, desolation, waste, ruin, spoil, pillage, rapine, spoliation, slaughter, carnage

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1. havocnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, devastation, waste, ruin, desolation, demolition, wreck

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1. List of paraphrases for "havoc":

   chaos, devastation, damage, mayhem, desolation, confusion, destruction, mess

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1. List of known nicknames for "Havoc":

   Havoc of Mobb Deep, Kejuan Muchita, Mobb Deep

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1. Selwin Hart:

   We fully understand the role that coal and other fossil fuels have played in Australia's economy, even if mining accounts for a small fraction — around 2 % — of overall jobs, but it's essential to have a broader, more honest and rational conversation about what is in Australia's interests, because the bottom line is clear : If the world does not rapidly phase out coal, climate change will wreak havoc right across the Australian economy, from agriculture to tourism, and right across the services sector. Similarly, construction, housing and the property sector, in a country where the vast majority live on or near a coastline. It will be even more catastrophic in your neighborhood.

2. 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.

3. Christen Kuikoua:

   Being born in a divided family doesn't give you the right to create havoc. All mankind has the notion of justice ingrained within them, even an infant, who, while feeding on his mother's breast, understands when reprimanded that what he did was wrong.

4. Rod Weinhold:

   The hardworking men and women of the Baltimore Police Department are only as good as the entire criminal justice system allows them to be, it is incredibly frustrating to a police officer who works hard to make a legal arrest of someone who is wreaking havoc in the Baltimore PD community, only to see them walking around the next day.

5. Joel Goldstein:

   You can't be in the room at Obama White House if you have to be down at Capitol Hill to break a tie vote. You can't be traveling around the world to meet with leaders on the international stage, or you can't be traveling domestically, it can work havoc with the vice president's calendar.