[ˈhavək], (Noun)

Definitions:
- widespread destruction
(e.g: the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc)


Phrases:
- play havoc with

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot) ‘to give an army the order havoc’, which was the signal for plundering

[ˈhavək], (Verb)

Definitions:
- lay waste to; devastate


Phrases:
- play havoc with

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French havok, alteration of Old French havot, of unknown origin. The word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc (Old French crier havot) ‘to give an army the order havoc’, which was the signal for plundering