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mayhem

[mey-hem, mey-uhm] / ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm /


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Perhaps he causes such extensive mayhem because he is the unintended side effect of a cataclysmic experiment.

From Salon

“They have come up with an ingenious way to create mayhem.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s been pure mayhem in the financial markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

The result has been pure mayhem in the financial markets.

From MarketWatch

During dozens of demonstrations, SRG officers were documented by New York Civil Liberties Union protest monitors escalating tensions and turning peaceful gatherings into scenes of mayhem.

From The Wall Street Journal