havocking

verb

present participle of havoc
as in wiping out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for havocking
  1. wiping out
  2. plundering
  3. blotting out
  4. trampling
  5. taking out
  6. removing
  7. looting
  8. ravaging
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  • Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone.
    — Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Definition of wiping out
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  • Historians theorize that, among several other factors, these sea peoples plundering the Mediterranean helped usher in a Dark Age where the ability to read and write was lost in Ancient Greece.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Lohar’s surviving mercenaries are plundering villages.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of plundering
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  • For a few minutes at each end of that window, the moon’s edge will appear to align with that of the sun, blotting out the star’s fierce light and revealing the wispy corona off to one side.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
  • From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of blotting out
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  • Tis hard to see the mighty prancing war horse, trampling the dying and dead beneath their merciless feet.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Between the crew walking around to perform the work and branches that fall on your garden, there’s a higher risk of trampling on perennials if the work is done during the growing season.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of trampling
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  • Here are 3 better alternatives More Americans are taking out personal loans.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • This means taking out of taxable buckets first, and then IRAs and 401ks later.
    — R.J. Cunningham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of taking out
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  • Leaders add value by asking better questions, widening perspectives, connecting people, allocating resources and removing the obstacles that slow great work.
    — Brent McHugh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The state added women to the workforce without removing men from their role as sole providers.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • In some videos, survivors accused soldiers of looting apartments and confiscating donated supplies—claims that remain difficult to independently verify but have fueled widespread outrage.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Mobs are looting foreigners’ shops.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026
Definition of looting
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  • Bigger fires have been ravaging areas of southern France, but the Fontainebleau fire is exceptionally close to the densely populated region surrounding the French capital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • Over the past two seasons, UCLA has remarkably maintained the majority of its talent despite the transfer portal ravaging so many teams.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of ravaging
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