Usually means: Unleash chaos, signal for war.
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  1. cry havoc: Merriam-Webster
  2. cry havoc: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cry havoc: Wiktionary
  4. cry havoc: Dictionary.com
  5. Cry Havoc (Grimm), Cry Havoc (board game), Cry 'Havoc' (film), Cry havoc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. cry havoc: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Cry Havoc: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cry havoc)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To shout out 'Havoc!'; that is, to give an army the order to plunder.

Similar:
havoc, all bedlam breaks loose, hail down, declare war, put to the horn, lash out, blast, let someone have it, wrack, bang, more...

Opposite:
maintain peace, keep calm, preserve order

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Similar:
havoc, all bedlam breaks loose, hail down, declare war, put to the horn, lash out, blast, let someone have it, wrack, bang, more...

Opposite:
maintain peace, keep calm, preserve order



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