noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bring chaos
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A bomb scare brought chaos to the town centre yesterday.
cause chaos/disruption
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Floods caused chaos across much of the country.
descent into alcoholism/chaos/madness etc
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his descent into drug abuse
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complete
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Upon reflection, we might wonder why such an economy does not collapse in complete chaos .
economic
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Drastic, unprepared liberalisation can lead to economic chaos , as in the Ivory Coast in 1988.
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Unhealthy organizations, however, use cost justification as an after-the-fact means of tidying up economic chaos .
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The country was plunged into economic chaos .
political
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In a country that has seen six presidents in five years, political chaos is taken for granted.
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The parasite has been nurtured by abject poverty, intermittent political chaos and, some charge, international indifference.
social
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The Callaghan government never recovered from the sense of ungovernability and social chaos heralded by the winter of discontent.
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If jobs are not created to take up the people who are coming off of welfare, social chaos is the result.
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Underlying the disquiet was a strong current of belief that the act of going tieless was tantamount to social chaos !
total
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World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year - in total chaos .
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He kept our family in total chaos .
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Soon the system was in total chaos .
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Bookings, reservations, staffing ... just about everything, they claimed, was in a state of total chaos .
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Britain's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets.
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I mean there was total chaos .
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Her nerve-ends in total chaos , Robbie could hardly believe this was really happening, this shivering delight.
utter
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But when she entered the house, she was confronted by a scene of utter chaos .
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I went to rejoin the train and it was utter chaos .
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It looked like utter chaos to me, but organised chaos.
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She sat on the bed looking at the utter chaos around her.
■ NOUN
theory
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They've talked about Mondo 2000, virtual raves, about smart drugs and new psychedelics, about chaos theory and fractals.
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Or perhaps chaos theory provides a more effective meaning-making metaphor.
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Their true story spans chaos theory , something called strange attractors and the inner marvels of microprocessors.
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Contemporary chaos theory talks about so-called strange attractors, which are the ordering principles within such apparently random patterns.
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Fractals, quarks and chaos theory share space with morphic resonance, channelling and UFO-lore.
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Such people often see their lives more effectively framed by the reality metaphors that modern quantum physics and chaos theory provide.
traffic
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No one was seriously injured, but M4 Westbound was closed bringing traffic chaos .
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To all the critics who have predicted traffic chaos Labour councillor Jim Skinner has the same reply.
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He was reading a newspaper, apparently oblivious to the contribution he was making to the traffic chaos .
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He accepts that Skinnergate should be pedestrianised to stop the traffic chaos .
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The West End suffered traffic chaos .
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Elsewhere thousands of commuters avoided traffic chaos by staying at home.
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Cracking up ... bridge closure causes traffic chaos .
■ VERB
bring
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No one was seriously injured, but M4 Westbound was closed bringing traffic chaos .
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Lewis, through collective bargaining, brought order out of chaos .
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Human beings have themselves been responsible for bringing chaos and pain back to a world of ordered beauty.
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Under water:Flash floods and blizzards bring winter chaos .
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They are immigrants who travel across the world breaking down the moral order, bringing chaos to organized society.
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The Bible beginning is a beautiful, purposeful design, bringing order out of chaos .
cause
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With her catapult and her shop lifting, Jake causes chaos .
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Diverted traffic has been causing chaos on roads.
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Currently highways authorities and main services providers are allowed to cause chaos by digging up roads whenever and wherever they wish.
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Flooding and snow cause chaos Flooding and snow have caused chaos in much of the Central South area.
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This not only causes chaos , but is also a waste of water and causes pollution.
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I caused chaos , too, in the Houlton Silver Band, who were hoisting their instruments prior to marching off.
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But some fear it will cause chaos in the town centre and disrupt local trade.
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With large groups, however, this method can cause chaos at the reception desk. 2.
control
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But dad John Watts makes sure all his 12 children take their turn and controls the chaos .
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Both conveyed an unmistakable impression of a just-barely-\#controlled chaos .
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Everywhere, the atmosphere is one of controlled chaos .
create
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The right faction wants to create tension and chaos , said Karem Korbanzadeh.
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The half-solution created electoral chaos , with some black representatives voting against it.
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It will still create administrative chaos .
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The donors themselves help to create the chaos .
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This allows healthy growth whereas imbalance creates illness and chaos .
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His message was to strike, disrupt, riot, and create chaos until the Shah was forced to abdicate.
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What would that do except create chaos ?
end
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Fernandez was hired to end 20 years of chaos caused by decentralising New York's huge school system.
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Fed up, Harrison walked out and the sessions ended in chaos .
lead
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Drastic, unprepared liberalisation can lead to economic chaos , as in the Ivory Coast in 1988.
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Change without unity would lead to disruption and chaos .
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They especially object to the insistence that the polling be nonpartisan, saying this will lead to chaos and excessively personalized competition.
plunge
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To his supporters, Rawlings remains an incorruptible savior and pragmatist who kept the country from plunging into chaos .
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The country was plunged into economic chaos .
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Apparently Merton College had refused to take northern students and Oxford had been plunged into chaos and riot.
result
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Here, such is the pace of change, it seems rather that wholesale chaos occasionally results in selective progress.
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These myths justify male control as necessary to prevent the supposed chaos that results when women take control.
throw
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Emergencies were declared in 12 states and transport links thrown into chaos .
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He briefly dissolved Congress in 1992 to successfully fight two guerrilla insurgencies that had thrown the country into chaos .
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Of course there will have to be a register: otherwise, the system will be thrown into chaos .
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Now the ruling, which could open the way for new prosecutions, has thrown the issue into chaos .
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Antonio plays a character whose life is thrown into chaos by Angelina's femme fatale.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
throw sb/sth into confusion/chaos/disarray etc
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Advancing on a narrow front, the bristling schiltrons threw their opponents into confusion on such unfamiliar, unstable ground.
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But a Cup replay would throw those plans into disarray.
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He briefly dissolved Congress in 1992 to successfully fight two guerrilla insurgencies that had thrown the country into chaos.
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However, the death of Vial shortly afterwards threw everything into confusion.
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Instead, it was going directly across their path, which threw them into confusion.
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It was their starting-point that was often illogical or arbitrary and threw the listener into confusion.
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Now the ruling, which could open the way for new prosecutions, has thrown the issue into chaos.
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Since the middle of the 1870s a world monetary depression had thrown trade into confusion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I arrived home unexpectedly and found the house in chaos .
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Passengers spoke of complete chaos as the fire spread through the ship.
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The earthquake caused widespread chaos throughout the region.
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We've just moved into the new office and I've no idea where anything is - it's chaos !
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When McNamara got the job, the department was in chaos .
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Zbitski said the reform coalition must find a way to steer the country out of its political and economic chaos .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A more ruthless woman would have let the whole place slide into chaos until he learned to do things for himself.
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Bookings, reservations, staffing ... just about everything, they claimed, was in a state of total chaos .
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Gnarled old men ignore the chaos sipping coffee and chatting with fishermen as they untangle their nets.
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I went to rejoin the train and it was utter chaos .
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Such parliamentary chaos is not a symptom of underlying social disorder.
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The executive transporter bay was a chaos of foam and whirling shapes which might or might not have been armed troopers.
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The half-solution created electoral chaos , with some black representatives voting against it.
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Thousands of pounds worth of smoke and water damage reclaiming the family home from chaos .