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nounhavock (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of havoc.
As for Saul, he made havock of the church.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:31 more example
I [Paul the Apostle] vvas going to Damaſcus vvith Letters from the High Prieſt to make Havock of God's People there, as I had made Havock of them in other places. Theſe bloody Letters vvas not impoſed upon me. I vvent to the High Prieſt and deſired them of him, Acts 9. 1, 2. And yet he [God] ſaved me!
1688, John Bunyan, Good News for the Vilest of Men, or, A Help for Despairing Souls. […], London: […] George Larkin, […], →OCLC, page 59
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