havoc
havoc is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison.
- 2.To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
- 3.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison called?
- What is to devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton called?
- What is 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 called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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