havoc

At least 18 states have issued air quality alerts, as they should, because wildfire smoke wreaks havoc on the body, from the brain to the heart and lungs to the kidneys.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, bringing torrential rain and severe flooding to Guangxi, with a super typhoon heading towards eastern provinces this weekend.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Meanwhile in Hubei province, at least two tornadoes have formed, wreaking havoc across cities.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Such a prolonged period of higher-than-normal ocean temperatures can wreak havoc on wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

I was, too, now that the havoc of the last few hours was fading; my stomach kept growling and it seemed like I wouldn’t ever fall asleep.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

My inbox seemed like a library havocked by a tornado, with torn pages scattered helter-skelter across the room.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2015

It havocked on his firm inflexible mind, as it would on a weak and pliant brain! 

From Nature and Art by Morley, Henry

And then the gal o' Ginral Brinkle's, if I could pin her, would be a clear fifty more, provided I could catch her without damage, and twenty-five if the dogs havocked her shins.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Oozed from the bracken's desolate track, By dark rains havocked and drenched black.

From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

Many a shepherd at that time patrolled all night through with his dogs, only to find in the morning that the Killer had slipped him and havocked in some secluded portion of his beat.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred

Naturally Chantry did not want his friends' boots havocking upon it.

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

Down the broad, deserted avenue, with its dark, imposing mansions, she hurried as if she were alone in the havocking elements.

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma