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# havoc

«havoc» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Great damage, mess or destruction caused by something or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

Great damage, mess or destruction caused by something or someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means complete destruction, here of the places where people met to worship God. Interpretation: Psalm 74 is read as a lament over the destruction of the Temple and sacred places. In the primary lessons: in stories a wild animal or a storm causes havoc; in the lessons it names the damage done by a wolf, a cat or a plague; phrases: «cause havoc», «wreak havoc», «play havoc»

### examples

- They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land. (Writings PSA.74.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/#x1)
- The cat caused havoc among the mice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/#x2)
- The storm wrought havoc on the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/#x3)
- A pestilence made terrible havoc among the people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «havoc» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/havoc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.