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Definition of havoc in English: havocnoun ˈhavəkˈhævək mass noun1Widespread destruction. 大破坏，大毁坏 the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc 飓风席卷佛罗里达州造成巨大破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - For the second time that morning the capricious wind was wreaking havoc.
- This division was also the site for catamaran carnage with the wind wreaking havoc in the 12-boat fleet.
- Some of the worst storms on record lashed the North wreaking havoc on roads and flooding hundreds of homes.
- Windows have been smashed, paving pulled up, shop staff intimidated and telephone boxes destroyed as yobs caused havoc in the Thornhill area of the city.
- It is obvious that if foxes were a serious threat to agriculture, half a million of them would cause devastation and havoc.
- Opponents also fear GM crop technology could lead to new herbicide-resistant weeds, which could cause havoc in the countryside.
- A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud that descends on land, creating havoc and destruction in its wake.
- On that fateful night a disastrous landslide wreaked havoc on their scenic community.
- Man-made destruction seems easier to understand and explain than indiscriminate natural havoc.
- Heavy rains and rising water are wreaking havoc across Europe.
- Drought is wreaking havoc in the Thanjavur belt of Tamil Nadu.
- The AIDS epidemic is wreaking havoc in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Marcellus was struck down sick and incapacitated when a galactic storm struck the outer planets, creating destruction and havoc.
- Delta wreaked havoc in popular holiday destination islands, killing seven people and leaving a trail of mass destruction.
- Yesterday afternoon's heavy downpour and hail here caused havoc and widespread powercuts across the province.
- But the championship got off to an inauspicious start with the tsunami wreaking havoc on the Kollam coast on the inaugural day.
- The disease was first noted in France in 1847, where it soon spread and caused widespread havoc to vineyards and wine quality.
- Ivan tore through Grenada last year, wreaking havoc and taking with it lives, homes and livestock.
- With that, the fight broke loose, along with pure havoc and destruction.
- Hail, when it crashes through to the surface can cause much damage, to the level of havoc even.
Synonyms devastation, destruction, damage, desolation, depredation, despoliation, ruination, ruin, disaster, ravagement, waste, catastrophe - 1.1 Great confusion or disorder.
大乱，混乱 if they weren't at school they'd be wreaking havoc in the streets Example sentencesExamples - Many people fear that if children weren't at school they be wreaking havoc in the streets all day.
- But the group insists that the size of the development is too large for the conservation area and would bring traffic havoc to already congested lanes.
- One easy-going and tolerant who could not understand fellow travellers who complained about her children wreaking havoc on a long train journey.
- He said a gang of about 30 teenagers have been causing havoc for the past six months.
- We need to help consumers leap-frog the illegal downloading issues that have wreaked havoc on the music industry.
- At first, it seemed she didn't have a chance, with a horrible cold that wreaked havoc with her voice.
- Since it was launched five weeks ago, several people have contacted the It's Your Call hotline to complain about teenage bikers wreaking havoc.
- My mother-in-law is mentally ill and wreaking havoc on our marriage.
- Off-road bikers wreaking havoc are being warned that police could soon have the power to confiscate their machines.
- Later came laws limiting working hours, forbidding child labour and other abuses, to curb the widespread social havoc.
- He stared at me, his intensely blue eyes wreaking havoc in my mind.
- A notorious pyramid selling scam, which caused havoc among small communities on the Isle of Wight last year, has reared its ugly head in Scotland again.
- The novel deals with a small band of ‘radicals’ who try to stir up revolt in a small town and end up wreaking havoc.
- Sutton's police chief has pledged to make the borough the safest in London by waging war on career criminals and drug traders wreaking havoc in our communities.
- In this one, she's a scientist trying to deal with an enormous octopus wreaking havoc in San Francisco.
- It appears that the beast has escaped, and is again wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting residents of Bucharest.
- Her family work as daily labourers and a day off can wreak havoc for the family's economy.
- A series of lightning strikes in the North and the South-East have been wreaking havoc with supply.
- A number of school pupils and restaurant staff are being put in quarantine as the north west battles to stop the Sars virus wreaking havoc.
- The black striped mussel has caused millions of dollars worth of damage to marine industries around the world, and can cause havoc for shipping.
Synonyms disorder, chaos, disruption, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, turmoil, tumult, confusion, uproar commotion, upheaval, furore, shambles informal hullabaloo, a madhouse North American informal a three-ring circus
verbhavocked, havocs, havockingˈhavəkˈhævək [with object]archaic Lay waste to; devastate. 〈古〉毁坏，摧毁 Example sentencesExamples - The lack of participants is associated to a large storm that havocked Latvia in January 2005 and uprooted and destroyed large forest areas.
- In the year 2139 the world is havocked by a cataclysm of seismic activity.
Synonyms lay waste, devastate, ruin, leave in ruins, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate, level, raze, demolish, wipe out, wreck, damage
Phrases shift work plays havoc with the body clock 倒班工作会对生物钟造成严重破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - Wildlife experts in Southampton say milder winters are playing havoc with the flowering patterns of plants - because they no longer have to wait for warmer spells in which to grow.
- The price of gas at the pumps is playing havoc with road-trip budgets.
- Short days, long nights and the weather playing havoc with sport.
- The body needs to adjust back to the lower altitude and greater supply of oxygen which somehow plays havoc with sleep.
- Frequently stopping to rest plays havoc with your body's temperature - and leaves you drenched in sweat.
- And I apologize for the disjointed, rambling nature of this post - the not smoking thing is really playing havoc with my mind.
- Curiosity was playing havoc with my better judgment.
- A massive winter storm across much of the eastern half of the nation is playing havoc with Christmas travel for millions of Americans.
- Manual labour obviously plays havoc with your digestive system.
- Also, try not to skip meals - it plays havoc with your blood sugar levels, your emotions and your metabolism.
Synonyms disturb, disrupt, disorder, disorganize, disarrange, interfere with, upset, unsettle, convulse
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot) 'to give an army the order havoc', which was the signal for plundering. A victorious army commander would once have given his soldiers a signal to start plundering: he would cry havoc. The sense of plunder gradually passed into destructive devastation, and the army itself would make havoc. Outside the battlefield other people and other circumstances eventually began to work havoc or, from the 20th century, to create or wreak havoc and to play havoc with something. The word havoc itself is a medieval alteration of French havot of unknown origin. The word was memorably used by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar: ‘Cry, “Havoc!”, and let slip the dogs of war.’ See also mayhem
Definition of havoc in US English: havocnounˈhævəkˈhavək 1Widespread destruction. 大破坏，大毁坏 the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc 飓风席卷佛罗里达州造成巨大破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - Man-made destruction seems easier to understand and explain than indiscriminate natural havoc.
- But the championship got off to an inauspicious start with the tsunami wreaking havoc on the Kollam coast on the inaugural day.
- Some of the worst storms on record lashed the North wreaking havoc on roads and flooding hundreds of homes.
- This division was also the site for catamaran carnage with the wind wreaking havoc in the 12-boat fleet.
- Yesterday afternoon's heavy downpour and hail here caused havoc and widespread powercuts across the province.
- Ivan tore through Grenada last year, wreaking havoc and taking with it lives, homes and livestock.
- It is obvious that if foxes were a serious threat to agriculture, half a million of them would cause devastation and havoc.
- Windows have been smashed, paving pulled up, shop staff intimidated and telephone boxes destroyed as yobs caused havoc in the Thornhill area of the city.
- The disease was first noted in France in 1847, where it soon spread and caused widespread havoc to vineyards and wine quality.
- The AIDS epidemic is wreaking havoc in sub-Saharan Africa.
- A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud that descends on land, creating havoc and destruction in its wake.
- Heavy rains and rising water are wreaking havoc across Europe.
- With that, the fight broke loose, along with pure havoc and destruction.
- Marcellus was struck down sick and incapacitated when a galactic storm struck the outer planets, creating destruction and havoc.
- Opponents also fear GM crop technology could lead to new herbicide-resistant weeds, which could cause havoc in the countryside.
- Delta wreaked havoc in popular holiday destination islands, killing seven people and leaving a trail of mass destruction.
- On that fateful night a disastrous landslide wreaked havoc on their scenic community.
- For the second time that morning the capricious wind was wreaking havoc.
- Hail, when it crashes through to the surface can cause much damage, to the level of havoc even.
- Drought is wreaking havoc in the Thanjavur belt of Tamil Nadu.
Synonyms devastation, destruction, damage, desolation, depredation, despoliation, ruination, ruin, disaster, ravagement, waste, catastrophe - 1.1 Great confusion or disorder.
大乱，混乱 schoolchildren wreaking havoc in the classroom 学生们在教室里闹翻了天。 Example sentencesExamples - The black striped mussel has caused millions of dollars worth of damage to marine industries around the world, and can cause havoc for shipping.
- Many people fear that if children weren't at school they be wreaking havoc in the streets all day.
- A number of school pupils and restaurant staff are being put in quarantine as the north west battles to stop the Sars virus wreaking havoc.
- But the group insists that the size of the development is too large for the conservation area and would bring traffic havoc to already congested lanes.
- Since it was launched five weeks ago, several people have contacted the It's Your Call hotline to complain about teenage bikers wreaking havoc.
- The novel deals with a small band of ‘radicals’ who try to stir up revolt in a small town and end up wreaking havoc.
- A series of lightning strikes in the North and the South-East have been wreaking havoc with supply.
- At first, it seemed she didn't have a chance, with a horrible cold that wreaked havoc with her voice.
- Sutton's police chief has pledged to make the borough the safest in London by waging war on career criminals and drug traders wreaking havoc in our communities.
- Off-road bikers wreaking havoc are being warned that police could soon have the power to confiscate their machines.
- One easy-going and tolerant who could not understand fellow travellers who complained about her children wreaking havoc on a long train journey.
- We need to help consumers leap-frog the illegal downloading issues that have wreaked havoc on the music industry.
- My mother-in-law is mentally ill and wreaking havoc on our marriage.
- Later came laws limiting working hours, forbidding child labour and other abuses, to curb the widespread social havoc.
- A notorious pyramid selling scam, which caused havoc among small communities on the Isle of Wight last year, has reared its ugly head in Scotland again.
- He said a gang of about 30 teenagers have been causing havoc for the past six months.
- Her family work as daily labourers and a day off can wreak havoc for the family's economy.
- In this one, she's a scientist trying to deal with an enormous octopus wreaking havoc in San Francisco.
- It appears that the beast has escaped, and is again wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting residents of Bucharest.
- He stared at me, his intensely blue eyes wreaking havoc in my mind.
Synonyms disorder, chaos, disruption, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, turmoil, tumult, confusion, uproar
verbˈhævəkˈhavək [with object]archaic Lay waste to; devastate. 〈古〉毁坏，摧毁 Example sentencesExamples - In the year 2139 the world is havocked by a cataclysm of seismic activity.
- The lack of participants is associated to a large storm that havocked Latvia in January 2005 and uprooted and destroyed large forest areas.
Synonyms lay waste, devastate, ruin, leave in ruins, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate, level, raze, demolish, wipe out, wreck, damage
PhrasesCompletely disrupt; cause serious damage to. 完全扰乱，完全打乱；毁坏 shift work plays havoc with the body clock 倒班工作会对生物钟造成严重破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - The body needs to adjust back to the lower altitude and greater supply of oxygen which somehow plays havoc with sleep.
- Manual labour obviously plays havoc with your digestive system.
- Curiosity was playing havoc with my better judgment.
- Short days, long nights and the weather playing havoc with sport.
- A massive winter storm across much of the eastern half of the nation is playing havoc with Christmas travel for millions of Americans.
- And I apologize for the disjointed, rambling nature of this post - the not smoking thing is really playing havoc with my mind.
- Wildlife experts in Southampton say milder winters are playing havoc with the flowering patterns of plants - because they no longer have to wait for warmer spells in which to grow.
- Frequently stopping to rest plays havoc with your body's temperature - and leaves you drenched in sweat.
- Also, try not to skip meals - it plays havoc with your blood sugar levels, your emotions and your metabolism.
- The price of gas at the pumps is playing havoc with road-trip budgets.
Synonyms disturb, disrupt, disorder, disorganize, disarrange, interfere with, upset, unsettle, convulse
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc ( Old French crier havot) ‘to give an army the order havoc’, which was the signal for plundering. |