Synonyms of mayhem

mayhem

noun

as in violence

actions that hurt people and destroy things; a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence

Movies seem to be filled with murder and mayhem these days.

a criminal who escaped from prison and caused mayhem

Related Words

• violence
• brutality
• injury
• terror
• riot
• outrage
• mutilation
• crippling
• damage
• maiming
• attack
• harm
• savagery
• barbarity
• assault
• hurt
• foul play
• rampage
• threat
• frenzy
• impairment
• rage
• upheaval
• revolt
• shock
• detriment
• turbulence
• outbreak
• force
• fury
• thrashing
• onslaught
• smashing
• pummeling
• clubbing
• whipping
• mauling
• tumult
• bashing
• thumping
• pounding
• flogging
• whaling
• beating
• hammering
• buffeting
• paddling
• rupture
• drubbing
• paroxysm
• battery
• battering
• bludgeoning
• uproar
• licking
• pelting
• belting
• bullying
• lacing
• batting
• storm
• tromping
• walloping
• bulldozing
• cudgeling
• socking
• pommeling
• browbeating
• hectoring
• strong-arming

Dissimilar Words

• pacifism
• nonviolence
• pacificism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mayhem

Berg, working with DP Jacques Jouffret, favors close shots that force us to experience battle much like our heroes do, as confusing, terrifying bursts of mayhem. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

The coordination comes amid a wider transnational campaign of mayhem organized by communist, socialist and leftist groups in Greece, Italy, Spain, India and elsewhere. — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

It should also be said that there’s some fairly outsize violence along the way, particularly during the combat scenes, plus other potentially disturbing bits of mayhem that may be too extreme for younger children. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

These are coaches who are being shoved into the mayhem, even as a method of survival. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

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