havoc

ravages, chaos

Dégâts importants, problèmes ou confusion touchant beaucoup de personnes ou de choses.

En anglais simple : Serious damage, trouble, or confusion affecting many people or things.

• The storm caused havoc.
• Heavy snow wreaked havoc on the roads.
• His constant interruptions played havoc with our plans.

Comment l'utiliser : wreak havoc on something (The storm wreaked havoc on coastal towns.); play havoc with something (The roadworks played havoc with bus schedules.)

Synonymes : chaos, devastation

Contraires : order

Expressions courantes : wreak havoc, cause havoc, play havoc with

ravager, dévaster

Endommager gravement des choses ou provoquer un grand désordre.

En anglais simple : To badly damage things or create great disorder.

• The army havocked the countryside.
• Storms havocked the fields before harvest.
• The invaders threatened to havoc every village along the river.

Synonymes : devastate, ravage

Expressions courantes : havoc the land, havoc a village