Meaning of "havoc" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAVOC

From Old French havot pillage, probably of Germanic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HAVOC

havoc  [ˈhævək]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAVOC

Havoc is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb havoc in English.

WHAT DOES HAVOC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of havoc in the English dictionary

The first definition of havoc in the dictionary is destruction; devastation; ruin. Other definition of havoc is confusion; chaos. Havoc is also to lay waste.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HAVOC

PRESENT

Present

I havoc

you havoc

he/she/it havocs

we havoc

you havoc

they havoc

Present continuous

I am havocing

you are havocing

he/she/it is havocing

we are havocing

you are havocing

they are havocing

Present perfect

I have havoced

you have havoced

he/she/it has havoced

we have havoced

you have havoced

they have havoced

Present perfect continuous

I have been havocing

you have been havocing

he/she/it has been havocing

we have been havocing

you have been havocing

they have been havocing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I havoced

you havoced

he/she/it havoced

we havoced

you havoced

they havoced

Past continuous

I was havocing

you were havocing

he/she/it was havocing

we were havocing

you were havocing

they were havocing

Past perfect

I had havoced

you had havoced

he/she/it had havoced

we had havoced

you had havoced

they had havoced

Past perfect continuous

I had been havocing

you had been havocing

he/she/it had been havocing

we had been havocing

you had been havocing

they had been havocing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will havoc

you will havoc

he/she/it will havoc

we will havoc

you will havoc

they will havoc

Future continuous

I will be havocing

you will be havocing

he/she/it will be havocing

we will be havocing

you will be havocing

they will be havocing

Future perfect

I will have havoced

you will have havoced

he/she/it will have havoced

we will have havoced

you will have havoced

they will have havoced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been havocing

you will have been havocing

he/she/it will have been havocing

we will have been havocing

you will have been havocing

they will have been havocing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would havoc

you would havoc

he/she/it would havoc

we would havoc

you would havoc

they would havoc

Conditional continuous

I would be havocing

you would be havocing

he/she/it would be havocing

we would be havocing

you would be havocing

they would be havocing

Conditional perfect

I would have havoc

you would have havoc

he/she/it would have havoc

we would have havoc

you would have havoc

they would have havoc

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been havocing

you would have been havocing

he/she/it would have been havocing

we would have been havocing

you would have been havocing

they would have been havocing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you havoc
we let´s havoc
you havoc

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to havoc

Past participle

havoced

Present Participle

havocing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HAVOC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «havoc» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of havoc

carnage · chaos · confusion · damage · desolation · despoliation · destruction · devastation · disorder · disruption · mayhem · ravages · ruin · shambles · slaughter · waste · wreck

TRANSLATION OF HAVOC

Find out the translation of havoc to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of havoc from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «havoc» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 大混乱
• Translator English - Spanish: estragos
• English: havoc
• Translator English - Hindi: कहर
• Translator English - Arabic: الفوضى
• Translator English - Russian: хаос
• Translator English - Portuguese: destruição
• Translator English - Bengali: ব্যাপক ধ্বংস
• Translator English - French: ravages
• Translator English - Malay: Malapetaka
• Translator English - German: Chaos
• Translator English - Japanese: 大混乱
• Translator English - Korean: 대혼란
• Translator English - Javanese: Kacilakan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tàn phá
• Translator English - Tamil: அழிவை
• Translator English - Marathi: नाश
• Translator English - Turkish: tahribat
• Translator English - Italian: gran subbuglio
• Translator English - Polish: spustoszenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хаос
• Translator English - Romanian: ravagii
• Translator English - Greek: όλεθρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verwoesting
• Translator English - Swedish: ödeläggelse
• Translator English - Norwegian: kaos

10 QUOTES WITH «HAVOC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word havoc.

1

Russ Carnahan

There is little doubt that Iran is on a mission to rebuild its nuclear weapons and use that capability to wreak havoc and destruction on Israel and others throughout the world.

2

Sean Covey

The average teen today spends about 35 hours a week in front of a screen of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there.

3

Elizabeth Dole

Let me be clear, Mr. President, mistakes have been made in Iraq. And this operation has been far from perfect as evidenced by the fact that Zarqawi and other terrorists continue to wreak havoc throughout Iraq.

4

Richard Dooling

We are still fearful, superstitious and all-too-human creatures. At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.

5

Richard Dooling

At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.

6

Katherine Dunn

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

7

Renee Fleming

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

8

Jeff Goodell

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.

9

Ellen Gustafson

The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our health; in America, one third of children and two thirds of adults are overweight or obese and are more likely to develop diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

10

Ruben Hinojosa

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVOC»

Discover the use of havoc in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to havoc and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Havoc

Having escaped from the comic book world of Malice alone, Seth must decide whether to remain there, or return to Malice, where his best friend Kady is trapped and plotting to overthow Tall Jake with the help of a rebel group called Havoc.

Chris Wooding, 2010

Havoc

Now he must go back and rescue her. But can he find a way back in? Kady has her own worries. She's trying to reach Havoc, a group of rebel kids plotting to destroy Tall Jake, the evil ruler of Malce.

Chris Wooding, 2010

Havoc

New Jersey, 1937: A homicidal madman bears a safe holding a terrible secret that is thought lost when fiery fate intervenes.

Jack Du Brul, 2007

Cry Havoc: "When I set out to overthrow an African tyrant, I ...

Now, he is telling everything, including: * His belief that the CIA deliberately compromised the coup to court favour with Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang, in return for access to the country's vast oil resources. * How the British ...

Simon Mann, 2011

Wreaking Havoc: A Year in an A-20

Given in honor of Richard Kaspar by the Aggieland Rotary Club of Bryan-College Station.

Joseph W. Rutter, 2004

Havoc

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.

E. Phillips Oppenheim, 2010

Wreaking Havoc: How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked ...

A brilliantly illustrated guide with detailed "step-by-step" drawings, fifteen full-demonstrations, and thirty-nine mini-demonstrations instructs readers in how to create diverse fantasy warriors and related weaponry, enhanced with ten full ...

Jim Pavelic, Thomas Manning, Christopher Seaman, 2008

Havoc

When CIA Officer Tom Grant was pulled out of early retirement to investigate a recent high-tech robbery at United States Nanotechnologies, America's government-run agency for the development of nanoweapons, he had no idea that he would be ...

R. J. Pineiro, 2010

Havoc

Emily Webb thought life would go back to normal after she and pack-mate Spencer Holt killed the man who tried to murder them and their fellow “Deviants.” Or as normal as it could be, after finding out she has nighttime superpowers . . . ...

Jeff Sampson, 2012

Key to Havoc

Havoc is a barbarian living on the planet Charm, where technology has been lost but Magic has been found. He has the strongest gift for it, and is forced to become king of the unstable new planet.

Piers Anthony, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAVOC»

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Designer Drug 'Flakka' Wreaking Havoc Across America | WBNS …

CBS NEWS -- A cheap new designer drug called flakka is causing havoc in cities across America. It can cause bizarre and violent reactions ... «10TV, Jul 15»

Greece's Financial Havoc Creates Great Uncertainty in Auto Market …

The current financial havoc in Greece has created great uncertainty, leading the country's primary consumers to postpone many of their ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»

Watch: Robin Williams on Havoc - Stuff.co.nz

In his interview with Havoc, Robin Williams talks about many topics including getting bitten by a dolphin to being scared by Paul Holmes. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Afternoon Storms Wreck Havoc Again in Montgomery County - WKEF

Afternoon Storms Wreck Havoc Again in Montgomery County. KETTERING -- Jodi Koci was busy at work at Kettering Irrigation when she heard ... «WKEF ABC 22, Jul 15»

Flooding continues to wreak havoc in neighborhoods - wave3.com …

Flooding continues to wreak havoc in neighborhoods. Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:18 PM EDT. Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:04 PM EDT. By Maira ... «WAVE 3, Jul 15»

Storm wreaks havoc on Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2015-07-14 …

Storms that blew through the Indianapolis Motor Speedway early Tuesday knocked down 61 trees, smashed a wireless phone tower and ... «Indianapolis Business Journal, Jul 15»

Video: See a puppy caught creating a little havoc at Arlington Animal …

Sadi was able to have a little fun that was captured by surveillance video on July 4. For once, a surveillance video provided by the Arlington ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

To Your Health: Fair warning: Annual trip can wreak havoc on your diet

Corn dogs and cotton candy — what trip to the fair would be complete without them? Ask anyone what they enjoy most about the fair and many ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»

Warlock vs Shadows Set to Wreak Havoc on Xbox One - Xbox News

Indie developers Frozen District have announced that they will be bringing pixel-art RPG brawler, Warlock vs Shadows to Xbox One as part of ... «Pure Xbox, Jul 15»

Will Greece's Problems Play Financial Havoc Here? - Rasmussen …

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. «Rasmussen Reports, Jul 15»