English Explanatory Dictionary

cry havoc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

cry havoc cries havoc crying havoc cried havoc

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”).

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