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Meaning of cry havoc | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To shout out 'Havoc!'; that is, to give an army the order to plunder.

obsolete

Examples

Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war
“Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt
War and mortality cry havoc, yet the center holds. That center is the affirmation that actions of body and heroic spirit are in themselves a thing of beauty, that renown shall outweigh the passing terrors of death, and that no catastrophe, not even the fall of Troy, is final.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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