havoc
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Synonyms & Antonyms for havoc
Synonyms: Noun
chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of havoc in a Sentence
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The disease can play havoc with the body's immune system. Several small children can create havoc in a house.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Storms have wrecked havoc with the systems, blowing circuits. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Three Years Later, the French Solar Road Is a Total Flop," 16 Aug. 2019 By the early 20th century, the disease had spread to 14 southern states, wrecking havoc on the region’s cattle industry. — John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com, "Deadly fever ticks are infesting border cattle herds," 2 Aug. 2019 The Demogorgon will come back to wreck havoc in Hawkins. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "All the Crazy Theories That Might Come True in "Stranger Things" Season 4," 19 July 2019 The problems in Charlottesville do not begin and end with the white supremacists who wrecked havoc in 2017. — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, "Ghosts of Charlottesville: Racial divide haunts city as case against white supremacist closes," 14 July 2019 Flooding well inland could wreck environmental havoc by washing over industrial waste sites and hog farms. — Fox News, "‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Florence to be a ‘Mike Tyson punch to Carolina coast’," 12 Sep. 2018 Israel Broussard as Josh Sanderson After fighting zombies and wrecking havoc on Fear the Walking Dead and causing trouble in Hollywood as part of The Bling Ring cast, Israel Broussard will star as the boy next door in this film. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Meet the Entire Cast of "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before" and the Characters They Play: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, and More," 17 Aug. 2018 But climate change could still wreck havoc on the deep sea corals. — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, "Deep sea coral thrived during periods of sea level rise, study finds," 7 Mar. 2018 Conspiracy theories, both powerful and enduring, can wreak havoc on society. — Time, "Conspiracy Theories Can Have Dangerous Consequences. Here’s Why Experts Say We Cannot Ignore Them," 15 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
So asking other states for help before Maria, which might have lined up resources for Puerto Rico more quickly, would have been an expensive undertaking without knowing for sure what havoc the storm would wreak. — Patricia Mazzei And Omaya Sosa Pascual, miamiherald, "How a slow response hurt Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria | Miami Herald," 19 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'havoc.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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