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havoc

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of havoc

1 a state in which everything is out of order

  • computer network problems created havoc throughout the office
Synonyms of havoc

chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Words Related to havoc

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Near Antonyms of havoc

method, pattern, plan, system
Antonyms of havoc

order, orderliness

2 the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless

  • the powerful hurricane wreaked havoc all along the coast
Synonyms of havoc

annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, devastation, extermination, extinction, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage
Words Related to havoc

depredation, despoilment, despoliation

breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

dismantlement, effacement, eradication
Near Antonyms of havoc

rescue, salvage, salvation, saving

conservation, preservation, protection

reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration
Antonyms of havoc

building, construction, erection, raising

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