as in violence
actions that hurt people and destroy things; a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence
Movies seem to be filled with murder and mayhem these days. a criminal who escaped from prison and caused mayhem
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Recent Examples of mayhem
This is a fun, freewheeling, and oh-so-French action flick — the kind of movie that can slow down to ruminate on madeleines and Proust before proceeding with the mayhem.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
The Model 3 Generative Android with a penchant for mayhem has returned.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The mayhem charge, which would have carried a life sentence, stemmed from Trembley later losing his spleen in surgery for the knife wound.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
That said, this pod lands him in the center of the mayhem of the world's most dangerous prison, New York City, thus necessitating Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken to go in and get him.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
The Model 3 Generative Android with a penchant for mayhem has returned.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The mayhem charge, which would have carried a life sentence, stemmed from Trembley later losing his spleen in surgery for the knife wound.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
That said, this pod lands him in the center of the mayhem of the world's most dangerous prison, New York City, thus necessitating Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken to go in and get him.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mayhem
Noun
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Once contained to local disputes resolved between communities, the violence has exploded into mass killings fueled by population growth, the climate crisis, and the collapse of traditional peacemaking.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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At least two of the Kenyan officers have been killed and the violence has not abated.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
Noun
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For Sarah, eros serves as a powerful conduit for the divine, but the divine is not without brutality nor chaos.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and their supporters are celebrating the brutality of the 3,000-bed detention facility that was hastily built in the Florida Everglades, one of the harshest natural environments in the United States.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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The paralyzed store owner later died from his injuries.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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However, the East is drastically weakened as a result of injuries to Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who is associated with the Gaza Tribunal, admitted to conspiring to aid the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in 2006.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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Pearl, who is Jewish, has expressed his fervent support for Israel in the face of rising antisemitism in the U.S. since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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“Mayhem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mayhem. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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