mayhem Definition
may·hem (mā′hem, mā′əm)
noun
- Law the offense of maiming a person; specif.,
- the intentional mutilation of another's body
- injury inflicted on another so as to cause loss of a bodily part or function necessary for self-defense
- any deliberate destruction or violence
Etymology: see maim
mayhem Synonyms
mayhem
n.
mayhem Law Definition
n
Violent, disorderly behavior.
mayhem Usage Examples
Converse of object
- unleash: Mission Impossible 2: How do you prevent terrorists from unleashing mayhem on the entire world?
- cause: He caused absolute mayhem pushing the pram to the back of the bus.
- create: Richard always had the idea of creating religious mayhem.
- watch: Inside, Deep Throat watches the mayhem, looking calm.
- avoid: However, he did eventually ring me from Croatia, where he very sensible went to avoid the mayhem.
- bring: The Love household depart en masse for some summer fun - bringing merry mayhem in their wake.
Preposition: in
city: Few government offices or institutions were spared, with the coalition leaders helpless to stop the mayhem in this city of 600,000 people.
Adjective modifier
- gory: Gory mayhem aside, there's not really much else to offer.
- ruthless: Chicago now poses ruthless mayhem of problems in its.
- bloody: The film is a story of drugs, gangs and bloody mayhem with a pinch of black humor thrown in.
- magical: Dance around with magical mayhem exploring many different movement styles to a variety of music.
- absolute: He caused absolute mayhem pushing the pram to the back of the bus.
- musical: Five Pointe 0 takes the sound of many diverse acts to make their own special brand of intense musical mayhem.
Preposition: on
street: Nobody wants bombs or mayhem on the streets; the best defense of liberties is to protect them.
Noun used with modifier
- multiplayer: Prepare for multiplayer mayhem with 25 new multiplayer maps!
- punk: This new CD from Assert will definitely satisfy the thirst for some hardcore punk mayhem.
- metal: In this ' Give me Ed... Till I'm Dead ' Tour, Iron Maiden continue the non-stop metal mayhem.
- rock: Blyth are playing three times on the Saturday, so a wild day of rock mayhem will be had by all.
- traffic: In vibrant Accra, Ghana's capital city there was complete traffic mayhem.
- cause: It was time for you to be reunited at the Bridge and cause mayhem!

