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cry havoc

verb

Etymology

From Middle English, from the Anglo-Norman phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) (a signal to soldiers to seize plunder), from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”).

  1. derived from crier

Definitions

  1. To shout out 'Havoc!'

    To shout out 'Havoc!'; that is, to give an army the order to plunder.

    • Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war
    • Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt

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