| 单词 | play havoc with something |
| 释义 | (idiom) Definition to cause a great deal of damage or confusion to The sudden snow played havoc with their plans. Synonyms wreck Vandals wrecked the garden. destroy The building was completely destroyed. devastate A fire devastated large parts of the castle. disrupt The drought has disrupted agricultural production. demolish Their intention was to demolish his reputation. disorganize bring into chaos Additional synonymsin the sense of demolish Definition to put an end to Their intention was to demolish his reputation. Synonyms destroy, ruin, wreck, smash, overturn, overthrow, undo, discredit, blow out of the water (slang) in the sense of destroy Definition to ruin The building was completely destroyed. Synonyms ruin, smash, crush, waste, devastate, break down, wreck, shatter, gut, wipe out, dispatch, dismantle, demolish, trash (slang), total (slang), ravage, slay (archaic, literary), eradicate, torpedo, extinguish, desolate, annihilate, put paid to, raze, blow to bits, extirpate (archaic), blow sky-high in the sense of devastate Definition to damage (a place) severely or destroy it A fire devastated large parts of the castle. Synonyms destroy, waste, ruin, sack, wreck, spoil, demolish, trash (slang), level, total (slang), ravage, plunder, desolate, pillage, raze, lay waste, despoil (formal) Nearby words of |
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