havocked

verb

past tense of havoc
as in wiped out

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  1. wiped out
  2. blotted out
  3. trampled
  4. plundered
  5. ravaged
  6. removed
  7. looted
  8. took out
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  • The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of wiped out
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  • Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Now, fireflies have become scarce, the July nights have grown too hot for comfort, and the summer skies are often blotted out by smoke.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of blotted out
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  • Ten years later, Tech trampled Florida State in an upset on the Flats.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • The crush of mourners led to at least eight people being trampled to death, according to the Associated Press.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 July 2026
Definition of trampled
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  • The Stuttgart striker plundered two second-half goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to earn his side a place in the last 32.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Which were left to be plundered and destroyed?
    — Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Definition of plundered
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  • The last three Republican presidents have left the country in the economic and war-ravaged mess that is the standard Republican modus operandi.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • Three years later, the Dixie fire ravaged nearly a million acres.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of ravaged
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  • At the same time, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s vast economic reforms sparked high inflation after fuel subsidies were removed three years ago and the currency was devalued.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • In Utah, a yearlong audit of voter registration released in May found 27 noncitizens who were removed from voter rolls out of more than 2 million voters.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of removed
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  • Its main office in Caracas was looted by regime supporters while hundreds of party activists were jailed or fled the country.
    — John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • Gran Grif operates in the country’s heartland, where dozens of houses were looted and burned and during a predawn assault in March in the town of Jean-Denis in the Lower Artibonite region.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of looted
Verb
  • Backstage, Jey Uso took out Sikoa, and Fatu and Jimmy Uso mauled LA Knight and Sikoa later in the night.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • One woman in West Virginia took out a loan this winter to cover an electric bill bigger than her paycheck.
    — David Kieve, Time, 10 July 2026
Definition of took out
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