HAVOC
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Hav"oc (hăv"ŏk), n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
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As for Saul, he made havoc of the church.
Acts viii. 3.
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Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make
Among your works!
Addison.
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Hav"oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
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To waste and havoc yonder world.
Milton.
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Hav"oc, interj. [See Havoc, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
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Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt
With modest warrant.
Shak.
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Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!
Shak.
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