'Havoc' definitions:
Definition of 'Havoc'
From: GCIDE
- Havoc \Hav"oc\ (h[a^]v"[o^]k), n. [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.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. [1913 Webster]
- As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. --Acts viii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Havoc'
From: GCIDE
- Havoc \Hav"oc\, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. [1913 Webster]
- To waste and havoc yonder world. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Havoc'
From: GCIDE
- Havoc \Hav"oc\, interj. [See Havoc, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. --Toone. [1913 Webster]
- Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'havoc'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abomination,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- bane,
- befoulment,
- blight,
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- breakup,
- calamity,
- carnage,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- chaos,
- confusion,
- consumption,
- corruption,
- crying evil,
- damage,
- damnation,
- decimation,
- defilement,
- depredate,
- depredation,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- desolation,
- despoil,
- despoiling,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- devastate,
- devastation,
- disintegration,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- evil,
- grievance,
- harm,
- harry,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- hurt,
- ill,
- infection,
- injury,
- loss,
- mayhem,
- mischief,
- outrage,
- perdition,
- pillage,
- pillaging,
- poison,
- pollution,
- ravage,
- ravaging,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- sack,
- shambles,
- slaughter,
- spoliate,
- spoliation,
- the worst,
- toxin,
- undoing,
- upset,
- vandalism,
- venom,
- vexation,
- waste,
- woe,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck,
- wrong