Meaning of mayhem in English
(Definition of mayhem from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
mayhem | Intermediate English
The movie includes a considerable amount of violence and mayhem.
Examples of mayhem
mayhem
I can tell you the simple answer: mayhem.
From Reuters
Getting said they still don't have a motive for the mayhem.
From NBCNews.com
When the announcement was made, more mayhem broke out.
From New York Daily News
In the mayhem, we were all running in all directions.
From New York Daily News
Then come sound bites from "experts" with vested interests in maximizing the impression of mayhem: generals, politicians, security officials, moral activists.
From Slate Magazine
Over five days, there was confusion -- even mayhem -- on the floor as freshmen learned the legislative process and veterans dusted off their debating skills.
From Politico
Perhaps the pseudo-horror offers some form of relief from the true-life mayhem unfolding daily in the streets.
From Los Angeles Times
The mayhem could continue writing played in the southeast area that you worked with the upper right hand all the throughout.
From ABC News
I still get teary eyed thinking about my homeland; particularly with all the mayhem in the name of religion.
From Huffington Post
Terribly sorry to be a girl who loves explosions and mayhem, after having slowly got into the action genre over years of being a geek.
From TIME
Best of all for a certain breed of gamer, there seems to be only the thinnest of stories to distract from the mayhem.
From Ars Technica
The couple watched the mayhem from their apartment and then the building's roof, calling 911.
From New York Daily News
How do you not follow policy and then not be held responsible, at least in some way, when mayhem ensues?
From Los Angeles Times
And all of the openness of our society creates vulnerability for people who are bent on mayhem.
From NPR
Mayhem ensued as mourners took away the pastor's microphone and police whisked him away from the angry crowds.
From CNN
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kargaşa, arbede, karışıklık…
chaos, pagaille…
herrie…
zmatek…
kaos, ødelæggelse…
kekacauan, keributan…
ความโกลาหล…
tình trạng lộn xộn…
chaos, zamęt…
kaos…
kacau-bilau…
das Chaos…
uroskap…
заворушення…
хаос…
