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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mai•hem (mā′hem),USA pronunciation n. - mayhem.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: maihem /ˈmeɪhɛm/ n - a variant spelling of mayhem
may•hem /ˈmeɪhɛm, ˈmeɪəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Lawthe crime of deliberately injuring another so as to cripple or mutilate.
- random or deliberate violence or damage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024may•hem (mā′hem, mā′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Lawthe crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.
- random or deliberate violence or damage.
- a state of rowdy disorder:Antagonisms between the various factions at the meeting finally boiled over, and mayhem ensued.
- Gmc; akin to Middle High German meidem gelding, Old Norse meitha to injure. See maim
- Anglo-French mahe(i)m, mahaim
- Middle English maheym, maim 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mayhem, maihem /ˈmeɪhɛm/ n - the wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon a person, esp (formerly) the injuring or removing of a limb rendering him less capable of defending himself against attack
- any violent destruction or confusion
Etymology: 15th Century: from Anglo-French mahem injury, from Germanic; related to Icelandic meitha to hurt. See maim |