Significado de havoc en inglés

havoc

noun [ U ]

/ˈhæv.ək/ us

/ˈhæv.ək/

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confusion and lack of order, especially causing damage or trouble:

wreak havoc The storm wreaked (= caused) havoc in the garden, uprooting trees and blowing a fence down.

play havoc with The delay played (= caused) havoc with their travel arrangements.

Sinónimos

anarchy
ballyhoo old-fashioned slang
bedlam
chaos
commotion
confusion
disarray formal
disorder (CONFUSION)
disorganization
disturbance
hoo-ha informal
hoopla (EXCITEMENT) mainly US
hullabaloo old-fashioned
kerfuffle UK informal
madness (STUPID BEHAVIOUR)
mayhem
pandemonium
ruckus mainly US informal
rumpus informal
to-do informal
tumult formal
turmoil
uproar

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havoc

noun [ U ]

/ˈhæv·ək/

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confusion and lack of order that result in damage or trouble:

The storm created complete havoc in the park.

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Alarmists feared that the world's population explosion would wreak environmental and economic havoc.

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On the other hand, because the parliamentary majorities of the coalitions have not been large, small regional parties can wreak havoc.

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In particular, it allowed its soldiers to wreak havoc on civilians during military operations.

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Certainly it caused havoc in the minds of people who we know were never compelled to take it.

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The working classes suffered the heaviest brunt of the economic havoc.

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Aside from all the external concerns, the time factor was playing havoc with his normal working methodology.

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Consequently, the political arena has been left dominated by a few who have wreaked total havoc on the country.

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The advent of modern travel has wreaked further havoc on the appropriate preposition.

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The mundane activity of their inhabitants, however, plays havoc with our established categories of thought.

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Mining activities have wreaked havoc on the environment, especially in relation to the diminution and contagion of water and wood used for burning fires.

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This can only wreak havoc on the ear and the mechanism of ear- finger interaction which a good player has spent decades developing.

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In the 19th century, modernization from above created havoc in traditional society.

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For the private sector, we have bankruptcy regulations, which may be efficient for big firms, but create havoc everywhere else.

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Ambushes often raised havoc with the theory of deployment found in the presumed order of battle.

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Beyond family symptoms, personal symptoms of disorder, even at subsyndromal levels, are likely to wreak havoc.

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