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deterioration
English
Etymology
From French détérioration.Morphologically deteriorate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??t???????e???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??ti?.?i.???e?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
deterioration (countable and uncountable, plural deteriorations)
- The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
- Synonym: retrogression
- Antonym: amelioration
Related terms
- deteriorate
Translations
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havoc
English
Alternative forms
- havock (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæv.?k/
Noun
havoc (usually uncountable, plural havocs)
- widespread devastation, destruction
- Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make / Among your works!
- mayhem
Usage notes
The noun havoc is most often used in the set phrase wreak havoc.
Derived terms
- play havoc, raise havoc, wreak havoc, cry havoc, break havoc
Translations
Verb
havoc (third-person singular simple present havocs, present participle havocking, simple past and past participle havocked)
- To pillage.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II:
- To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II:
- To cause havoc.
Usage notes
As with other verbs ending in vowel + -c, the gerund-participle is sometimes spelled havocing, and the preterite and past participle is sometimes spelled havoced; for citations using these spellings, see their respective entries. However, the spellings havocking and havocked are far more common. Compare panic, picnic.
Translations
Interjection
havoc
- A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
- Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.
References
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