3 entries under this word

Havoc

Hăv'oe, n.

noun

n. [W. hafog, devastation, havoc, hafawg, abundant, common; A-S. hafoc, hawk, being a cruel and rapacious bird. Cf. Ir. erbhach, havoc, destruction.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.

Hāv'oe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To waste; to destroy; to lay waste. “To waste and havoc yonder world.” Milton.

Hāv'oc, interj.

interjection

interj. [See supra.] A cry originally used in hunting, but afterward in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc when you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.