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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.
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destitution
English
Etymology
From Old French destitution, from Latin d?stit?ti? (“abandoning”), from d?stitu?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?st??tu???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?st??tju???n/, /d?st??t?u???n/
Noun
destitution (countable and uncountable, plural destitutions)
- (obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.
- (now rare) Discharge from office; dismissal.
- The condition of lacking something.
- 1906, ‘Mark Twain’, in The Bible According to Mark Twain, 1996, p. 330:
- He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his God's utter destitution of morals.
- 1906, ‘Mark Twain’, in The Bible According to Mark Twain, 1996, p. 330:
- An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
- 2009, Rahila Gupta, The Guardian, 4 Aug 2009:
- Destitution forces many asylum seekers to end up working for extremely low wages in catering, cleaning and construction, for example, without any protection against unscrupulous employers.
- 2009, Rahila Gupta, The Guardian, 4 Aug 2009:
Related terms
- destitute
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?stit?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.ti.ty.sj??/
Noun
destitution f (plural destitutions)
- discharge, dismissal
- deposition (of a politician etc.)
Further reading
- “destitution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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