havocked

verb

past tense of havoc
as in wiped out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for havocked
  1. wiped out
  2. blotted out
  3. trampled
  4. cut down
  5. plundered
  6. ravaged
  7. removed
  8. looted
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The rest of the ensemble (from a sparky Betty Gilpin as Horwitz’s editor and Bill Burr as a fictionalized composite of a Zuckerberg ally) gets blotted out by Sorkin’s own agitprop for the Sorkin brand.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of blotted out
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  • Video footage also showed people being trampled and hit with batons as officers traveled on horseback.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Philbrick, a seasoned and popular chronicler of the American past, is equally concerned with those who got trampled by the rush as with those who rode it to astonishing heights of wealth and influence.
    — Richard Kreitner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of trampled
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  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
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  • Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • The settlers have ravaged Palestinian villages as the Israeli government and military look the other way, if not outright condone the violence.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Archaeologists in England have uncovered new remains at one of the country's oldest and largest medieval leprosy hospitals, hundreds of years after the disease ravaged communities across Britain.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ravaged
Verb
  • About a week after that procedure, Bickelhaupt received a second opinion from a different neurosurgeon, who said the bone flap was infected and should be removed.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Cubs’ reputation as lovable losers was well-earned after 37 years without a National League pennant and 74 years removed from their last World Series title.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
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  • Rioters looted stores and set fires to barricades in Frankfurt on Saturday as protests across Germany demanded lower living costs and better education.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In Germany, nighttime riots injured more than 100 police officers and damaged or looted stores; in Lisbon, Portugal, police forcibly cleared a housing protest encampment.
    — Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of looted
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