If you describe a situation as ~, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into ~.
= chaos
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
If you describe a situation as ~, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into ~.
= chaos
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012