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havoc

/hav-uhk/US // ˈhæv ək //UK // (ˈhævək) //

劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    hav·ocked, hav·ock·ing.

    • : to work havoc upon; devastate.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    hav·ocked, hav·ock·ing.

    • : to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounchaotic situation

Examples

  • Those ejections can wreak havoc on satellites or power grids when they strike Earth.

  • In addition to the market chaos that’s played havoc with returns this year, the investor has been dragged into a political debacle over the appointment of its new CEO, hedge-fund manager Nicolai Tangen.

  • The pandemic has wreaked havoc on small businesses while at at the same time accelerated consumers’ shift to digital and the business need for digital transformation.

  • On defense, Bonga creates havoc with both steals and blocks, and the Wizards play more like a competent NBA defense with him on the court, a huge bonus for the league’s worst defensive team.

  • The expanded postseason has given them another path to make the playoffs — and a chance to create havoc once there.

  • Earlier that day, officials say, Stone went on a bloody rampage killing six of his kin and wreaking havoc in three small towns.

  • In the later stages of the war, the American-made Stinger missile was introduced and wreaked havoc among the Soviet helicopters.

  • The mother also made a plea to the violent ones who wreak such havoc.

  • By the time the maids got back from the shore, peacocks had wrecked havoc on the waiting food.

  • The Fox miniseries 24: Live Another Day saw a massive drone wreak havoc on London.

  • They must be kept away from flies—a fly can work havoc with a film in a few minutes.

  • The laughing happy country girl—what havoc a few hours has made in that gay warm heart!

  • I have known them arrive in early autumn, and do great havoc amongst the apples, which they cut up to get at the pips.

  • Their borders you have wasted, and you have made great havoc in the land, and have got the dominion of many places in my kingdom.

  • But, before the equinox, disease began to make fearful havoc in the little community.