mayhem
IPA: mˈeɪhɛm
noun
- A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
- Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
- (law) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
- (law) The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
verb
- (archaic, law) To commit mayhem
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Examples of "mayhem" in Sentences
- Sounds great, working in mayhem is not nice at all.
- I like the word mayhem but it sounds a bit harsh than what we've got going on.
- To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated.
- SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said Tuesday that the cause of last week's market mayhem is still unknown but practically ruled out some ...
- That type of mayhem is a long way away, but the potential for BCS controversy is high, unlike last season, when Florida, Alabama and Texas moved into the top three spots in late September and didn't budge until the SEC title game.
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