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mayhem (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: mahaime 'crime of cutting off someone's arm or leg', from Old French maynier; MAIM]
an extremely confused situation in which people are very frightened or excited
-synonym chaos chaos
::There was complete mayhem after the explosion.
cause/create/wreak mayhem
::For some children, the first fall of snow is an opportunity to create mayhem.