havoc

estragos, caos

Daños graves, problemas o confusión que afectan a muchas personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Serious damage, trouble, or confusion affecting many people or things.

• The storm caused havoc.
• Heavy snow wreaked havoc on the roads.
• His constant interruptions played havoc with our plans.

Cómo se usa: wreak havoc on something (The storm wreaked havoc on coastal towns.); play havoc with something (The roadworks played havoc with bus schedules.)

Sinónimos: chaos, devastation

Antónimos: order

Expresiones frecuentes: wreak havoc, cause havoc, play havoc with

devastar, arrasar

Dañar gravemente las cosas o provocar un gran desorden.

En inglés sencillo: To badly damage things or create great disorder.

• The army havocked the countryside.
• Storms havocked the fields before harvest.
• The invaders threatened to havoc every village along the river.

Sinónimos: devastate, ravage

Expresiones frecuentes: havoc the land, havoc a village