havoc

Meanings

Noun

Verb

To pillage.
To cause havoc.

Interjection

A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Origin

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier ("cry out, shout") + havot.

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