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as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
computer network problems created havoc throughout the office
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as in devastation
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the powerful hurricane wreaked havoc all along the coast
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as in to ravage
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Recent Examples of havoc
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2024
Finding a way to start over The havoc from Cyclone Freddy was widespread across several countries, displacing 650,000 people from their homes in Malawi alone.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
Rendy Jones, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Pippen has been making the reality TV competition round, starring in The Traitors Season 2 last year with her now ex-boyfriend Marcus Jordan, and has been recently causing havoc on E!’s House of Villains.
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Plankton: The Movie arrives exclusively on Netflix in 2025.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)
Next year SpongeBob returns to theaters with his fourth film, The Search for SquarePants, as Plankton wrecks havoc on Netflix.
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Small figures enjoying a lesbian orgy are embroidered onto the canvas, as if to remind viewers that when the outside world is hell, the body can offer private pleasure.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Early on in Season Two there is a wedding, a celebration the sisters deserve after two years of hell.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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The storm’s powerful winds felled trees and power lines and ravaged rooftops through Georgia and into South Carolina, leaving many counties with power outages affecting between 90% to 100% of utility customers.Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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The disease was ravaging communities across the world, taking a huge toll on lives and societies.Peter Sands, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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And with signing day a few days away, Alabama regained a little momentum heading into a period of hoping and waiting for more Playoff chaos.Kennington Smith III, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
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In the midst of the seasonal chaos, an organized kitchen will be an act of self care.Brandi Fuller, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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That campaign, started during Barack Obama’s presidency, included battles in Mosul, where an effort to evict approximately 5,000 ISIS fighters in the city led to perhaps 10,000 civilian deaths and the destruction of the city.Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Zepeda pleaded guilty on Aug. 15 to felony destruction of property for dumping a fine red powder over a display case containing the U.S. Constitution in the Rotunda of the Archives building.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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The study authors believe the orcas are plundering the whale shark’s large and nutrient-rich liver, which makes up a significant amount of the shark’s body weight,but the researchers didn’t observe the orcas consuming the organ.Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The artwork was plundered by French troops in 1892, and the pieces’ return to Benin more almost 150 years later caused an outrage among University of Abomey-Calavi students.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
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Thanksgiving Day will bring a mess of rain for the I-95 corridor from Florida to Maine, and heavy snow for the interior Northeast and New England.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Those drips and drops will dry out to become an ooey, gooey, stuck-on mess that is much harder to clean.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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Following his loss to O’Malley, Sterling moved up to 145 pounds.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The tour marks Johnson’s return to the road with the band after missing the 2016 tour due to a hearing loss issue; Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose taking over on vocals.Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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As a result, his tomb wasn’t plundered or looted to the same extent as others in the Valley of the Kings.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Among her film’s subjects is a grouping of more than two dozen artifacts that were looted by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892, only to finally be returned home, in present-day Benin, in 2021, more than a century later.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Havoc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/havoc. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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