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11cry havoc — shout out a warning, warn of imminent danger …
12cry havoc — idi to warn of danger or disaster …
13cry havoc — phrasal : to sound an alarm : warn of disaster …
14Havoc — Hav oc, interj. [See {Havoc}, n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. [1913 Webster] Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. [1913 Webster] Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.… …
15havoc — [hav′ək, hav′äk΄] n. [earlier esp. in phrase CRY HAVOC (see below) < ME & Anglo Fr havok < OFr havot, prob. < haver, to hook, take, hef, a hook < Frank * haf , to seize: for IE base see HAVE] great destruction and devastation, as that …
16havoc — ► NOUN 1) widespread destruction. 2) great confusion or disorder. ● play havoc with Cf. ↑play havoc with ORIGIN Old French havot; the word was originally used in the phrase cry havoc give an army the order havoc , which was the signal for… …
17havoc — early 15c., from Anglo Fr. havok in phrase crier havok cry havoc (late 14c.), a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from O.Fr. havot pillaging, looting, related to haver to seize, grasp, hef hook, probably from a Germanic source (see HAWK (Cf.… …
18Havoc — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Patronyme 2 Fiction 3 Divers …
19cry — I n. 1) to give, raise (formal), utter a cry 2) an anguished, plaintive; heart rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying cry 3) a battle, war cry 4) a cry for (a cry for help) 5) (misc.) afar cry from ( very far from ) II v. 1) to cry loudly 2)… …
20havoc — /ˈhævək / (say havuhk) noun 1. devastation; ruinous damage. 2. Obsolete (a word used as the signal for pillage in warfare): to cry havoc. –verb (havocked, havocking) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon. –verb (i) 4. to work havoc. –phrase 5 …
