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Havoc
Hav′oc
(hăv′ŏk)
, Noun.
[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.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
As for Saul, he made
havoc
of the church. Acts viii. 3.
Ye gods, what
Among your works!
havoc
does ambition makeAmong your works!
Addison.
Hav′oc
,Verb.
T.
To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and
havoc
yonder world. Milton.
Hav′oc
,int
erj.
[See ]
Havoc
, Noun.
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Toone.
Do not cry
With modest warrant.
havoc
, where you should but huntWith modest warrant.
Shakespeare
Cry ’
havoc
,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shakespeare