■ noun
1》 widespread destruction.
2》 great confusion or disorder.
■ verb ( ~s , ~king , ~ked ) archaic lay waste to.
Phrases
play ~ with completely disrupt.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. havok , alt. of OFr. havot , of unknown origin; the word was orig. used in the phr. cry ~ 'give an army the order ~ ', which was the signal for plundering.