Associations to the word «Havoc»

Wiktionary

HAVOC, noun. Widespread devastation, destruction
HAVOC, noun. Mayhem
HAVOC, verb. To pillage.
HAVOC, verb. To cause havoc.
HAVOC, interjection. A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Dictionary definition

HAVOC, noun. Violent and needless disturbance.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats