All havoc synonyms
hav·oc
H h noun havoc
- devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- chaos — Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion.
- mayhem — Law. the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- wreckage — act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
- dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- vandalism — the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- ravages — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- turmoil — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- despoiling — plundering by force