Havoc

Definitions

1. Widespread devastation and destruction.
   uncountable, usually
2. Mayhem.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“I [Paul the Apostle] vvas going to Damaſcus vvith Letters from the High Prieſt to make⟳ Havock of God's People there, as I had made Havock of them in other places. Theſe bloody Letters vvas not impoſed upon me. I vvent to the High Prieſt and deſired them of him, Acts 9. 1, 2. And yet he [God] ſaved me!”

“Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make⟳ / Among your Works!”

“But when I had come⟳ to that part of the city which I judged to have⟳ contained the relics I sought I found havoc that had been wrought there even greater than elsewhere.”

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