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MAYHEM
havoc, mayhem
(noun) violent and needless disturbance
mayhem
(noun) the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mayhem (usually uncountable, plural mayhems)
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
(legal) The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
Synonyms
• See disorder, commotion
Source: Wiktionary
May"hem, n. Etym: [The same as maim. See Maim.] (Law)
Definition: The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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