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/ˈmeɪ̯ˌhɛm/ · noun
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos..
to cause mayhem
What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?
In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their parents.
In the 1870's, a young newspaper editor named Henry George walked the streets of San Francisco lamenting the paradoxical economic mayhem that lay all around him.
We terrified the mare and foal. The fox stood still and far too bold. So we strung him up, brush neatly folded - Mayhem, maybe.
Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But, my friends, there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed.
Available in an instant, it can be firmly grasped and employed to scrape, gouge, rake, and generally wreak mayhem on any pest who accelerates into assaultive status.
Jack lifted the binoculars to his eyes, and it was difficult not to laugh at the utter mayhem. Faeries ripped plumes from helmets; soldiers found their pistols dangled just out of reach.
Use mayhem when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mayhem means A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos..
Common synonyms include bedlam, car crash, chaos, confusion.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to cause mayhem
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