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mayhem

may·hem [ máy hèm ] (plural may·hems)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. chaos: absolute chaos or severe disruption
Whenever the teacher left the room, it was mayhem.

2. law serious and deliberate injury: malicious injury that disfigures or disables a person

[15th century. Via Anglo-Norman mahem, Old French mahaing "mutilating injury" < assumed Vulgar Latin mahagnare "injure"]
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