What does havoc mean?
Havoc means Widespread devastation and destruction..
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/ˈhævək/ · noun
Widespread devastation and destruction..
I [Paul the Apostle] vvas going to Damaſcus vvith Letters from the High Prieſt to make Havock of God's People there, as I had made Havock of them in other places. Theſe bloody Letters vvas not impoſed upon me. I vvent to the High Prieſt and deſired them of him, Acts 9. 1, 2. And yet he [God] ſaved me!
Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make / Among your Works!
But when I had come to that part of the city which I judged to have contained the relics I sought I found havoc that had been wrought there even greater than elsewhere.
To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.
Cry "havoc", and let slip the dogs of war!
Use havoc when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Havoc means Widespread devastation and destruction..
Common synonyms include mayhem.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I [Paul the Apostle] vvas going to Damaſcus vvith Letters from the High Prieſt to make Havock of God's People there, as I had made Havock of them in other places. Theſe bloody Letters vvas not impoſed upon me. I vvent to the High Prieſt and deſired them of him, Acts 9. 1, 2. And yet he [God] ſaved me!
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