disarrays

States of disorder

Disarrays is the plural of disarray or the verb form meaning to throw into disorder.

As a noun, disarrays would be multiple states of confusion or untidiness, though this plural is rare—disarray typically appears as an uncountable noun: The room was in disarray.

The verb is more common: The sudden news disarrays all our plans.

disorder

chaos

Complete disorder and confusion

jumble · shambles · turmoil · disorganization · untidiness · muddle · hodgepodge · mayhem · pandemonium · upheaval

disruption

unsettles

Causes disquiet or unease

destabilizes · throws · scatters · displaces · upsets · confuses · muddles · scrambles · dislocates · deranges

military

rout

Overwhelming one-sided victory

dispersal · panic · defeat · confusion · disorganized · flight · collapse · chaos · demoralization · surrender

Opposites
order and organization

disarraysorders

Instructions to obey

organizes · arranges · arrays · systematizes · structures

neatness and tidiness

disarraystidies

Makes space orderly

straightens · neatens · grooms · smartens · cleans up

action/causation

disarraysassembles

Brings components together

composes · constructs · integrates · unifies · consolidates

Phrases
Family

disarray, disarrange, disarrayed, disarranged, disarraying, disarrangement, disarranging

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