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Social order & disorder
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused

havoc | American Dictionary

havoc
noun[ U ]
us/ˈhæv·ək/
confusion and lack of order that result in damage or trouble:
The storm created complete havoc in the park.

Examples of havoc

havoc
Alarmists feared that the world's population explosion would wreak environmental and economic havoc.
On the other hand, because the parliamentary majorities of the coalitions have not been large, small regional parties can wreak havoc.
In particular, it allowed its soldiers to wreak havoc on civilians during military operations.
Certainly it caused havoc in the minds of people who we know were never compelled to take it.
The working classes suffered the heaviest brunt of the economic havoc.
Aside from all the external concerns, the time factor was playing havoc with his normal working methodology.
Consequently, the political arena has been left dominated by a few who have wreaked total havoc on the country.
The advent of modern travel has wreaked further havoc on the appropriate preposition.
The mundane activity of their inhabitants, however, plays havoc with our established categories of thought.
Mining activities have wreaked havoc on the environment, especially in relation to the diminution and contagion of water and wood used for burning fires.
This can only wreak havoc on the ear and the mechanism of ear- finger interaction which a good player has spent decades developing.
In the 19th century, modernization from above created havoc in traditional society.
For the private sector, we have bankruptcy regulations, which may be efficient for big firms, but create havoc everywhere else.
Ambushes often raised havoc with the theory of deployment found in the presumed order of battle.
Beyond family symptoms, personal symptoms of disorder, even at subsyndromal levels, are likely to wreak havoc.
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