havoc
US: /ˈhævək/
UK: /hˈævək/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
havoc /'hævək/- danh từ
- sự tàn phá
- to make havoc of to play havoc among (with): tàn phá
- to cry havoc: ra lệnh cho tàn phá
- sự tàn phá
- ngoại động từ
- tàn phá
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[U] a situation in which there is a lot of damage, destruction or disorder: The floods caused havoc throughout the area. + Continuing strikes are beginning to play havoc with the national economy. + These insects can wreak havoc on crops.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 ruin, devastation, destruction, desolation, rack or wrack and ruin, despoliation, spoliation, damage:
Gales of more than 80 m.p.h. wreaked havoc right across the British Isles.
2 confusion, chaos, upset, disorder, mayhem, shambles, disruption:
The railway slow-down created havoc with commuter schedules.
Collocation
VERB + HAVOC
cause, create, play, wreak
PREP.
~ among
The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies.
| ~ for
High winds have been creating havoc for farmers.
| ~ in
The disease can cause havoc in commercial orchards.
| ~ on
The flood wrought havoc on the countryside.
| ~ to
The storm caused havoc to wildlife.
| ~ with
The fog played havoc with flight schedules.
Concise dictionary
havocs|havocked|havocking'hævəknoun
+violent and needless disturbance
