mayhem
All hell loose
Mayhem is violent disorder or chaos—destruction and confusion on a significant scale: The tornado left mayhem in its wake, The announcement caused mayhem in the markets.
In law, mayhem is the crime of deliberately maiming someone.
The word often describes energetic chaos without actual violence: The kids created mayhem at the birthday party.
Absence of organization
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
commotion · uproar · tumult · frenzy · anarchy · confusion · disarray · rampage
Organized resistance to power
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- lootingTheft during disorder
- unrestState of public disturbance
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
revolt · rebellion · clash · protest · disturbance · street violence · civil disorder · arson
Killing and wounding
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- assaultViolent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- brawlDisorderly group fight
fighting · rampage · aggression · savagery · ferocity · battering · pummeling · beating
Severe widespread destruction
- carnageWidespread violent death
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- rubbleBroken building fragments
ruins · obliteration · annihilation · ravage · damage · wreck · catastrophe · disaster
Serious criminal offense
- crimePunishable illegal act
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- bodily harmDamage to one's person
- grievousCausing intense suffering
indictment · offense · charge · conviction · prosecution · culprit · perpetrator · defendant
disorder
Absence of organization
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
turmoil · commotion · uproar · tumult · frenzy · anarchy · confusion · disarray · rampage · madness
uprising
Organized resistance to power
insurrection · revolt · rebellion · clash · protest · disturbance · street violence · civil disorder · arson · torching
bloodshed
Killing and wounding
brawl · fighting · rampage · aggression · savagery · ferocity · battering · pummeling · beating · mauling
devastation
Severe widespread destruction
- carnageWidespread violent death
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
rubble · ruins · obliteration · annihilation · ravage · damage · wreck · catastrophe · disaster · desolation
felony
Serious criminal offense
- crimePunishable illegal act
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- bodily harmDamage to one's person
grievous · indictment · offense · charge · conviction · prosecution · culprit · perpetrator · defendant · sentencing
- rowdinessrowdiness, boisterousness, raucousness, unruliness, roughhousing
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- lawlessnessanarchy, chaos, disorder, lawbreaking, crime
- discorddiscord, Discord, dissonance, discordance, dissonant
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
mayhemorder
Methodical arrangement or request
harmony · organization · calm · peace · structure
mayhempeace
Freedom from disturbance
tranquility · safety · security · nonviolence · peacefulness