English-Thai Dictionary

havoc

N ความหายนะ  ความเสียหาย อย่างรุนแรง  destruction devastation ravagement kwam-hai-ya-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HAVOCK

n.Waste; devastation; wide and general destruction. Ye gods! what havock does ambition make
Among your works.
As for Saul, he made havock of the church. Acts 8:3.

 

HAVOCK

v.t.To waste; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havock yonder world.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAVOC

Hav "oc, n. Etym: [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds. ]

 

Defn: Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.

 

HAVOC

HAVOC Hav "oc, v. t.

 

Defn: To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.

 

HAVOC

Hav "oc, interj. Etym: [See Havoc, n.]

 

Defn: A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry 'havoc, ' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

havoc

hav oc |ˈhavək ˈhævək | ▶noun widespread destruction: the hurricane ripped through Florida, causing havoc. • great confusion or disorder: schoolchildren wreaking havoc in the classroom. ▶verb ( havocs, havocking, havocked ) [ with obj. ] archaic lay waste to; devastate. PHRASES play havoc with completely disrupt; cause serious damage to: shift work plays havoc with the body clock. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot )‘to give an army the order havoc, ’ which was the signal for plundering.

 

Oxford Dictionary

havoc

havoc |ˈhavək | ▶noun [ mass noun ] widespread destruction: the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc. • great confusion or disorder: if they weren't at school they'd be wreaking havoc in the streets. ▶verb ( havocs, havocking, havocked ) [ with obj. ] archaic lay waste to; devastate. PHRASES play havoc with completely disrupt: shift work plays havoc with the body clock. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot )‘to give an army the order havoc ’, which was the signal for plundering.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

havoc

havoc noun 1 the hurricane caused havoc: devastation, destruction, damage, desolation, ruination, ruin; disaster, catastrophe. 2 hyperactive children create havoc: disorder, chaos, disruption, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, turmoil, tumult, uproar; commotion, furor, a three-ring circus; informal hullabaloo.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

havoc

havoc noun 1 the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc: devastation, destruction, damage, desolation, depredation, despoliation, ruination, ruin, disaster, ravagement, waste, catastrophe. 2 hyperactive children create havoc wherever they go: disorder, chaos, disruption, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, turmoil, tumult, confusion, uproar; commotion, upheaval, furore, shambles; informal hullabaloo, a madhouse; N. Amer. informal a three-ring circus. ANTONYMS peace.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

havoc

hav oc /hǽvək /名詞 U (天災などによる )大破壊, 大損害 ; 大混乱, 無秩序 ▸ cause [create ] havoc in [among ] A Aに大混乱を起こす, 大損害を与える .wr è ak h á voc on [in, among ] A ＝pl à y h á voc with A Aに大被害をもたらす, Aをだめにする .