havoc

havoc
havocker, n.
/hav"euhk/, n., v., havocked, havocking.
n.
1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
2. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster.
3. play havoc with,
a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk.
b. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans.
v.t.
4. to work havoc upon; devastate.
v.i.
5. to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house.
[1400-50; late ME havok < AF (in phrase crier havok to cry havoc, i.e., utter the command havoc! as signal for pillaging), MF havot in same sense < Gmc]
Syn. 1. desolation, waste. See ruin.

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