English
Alternative spellings
maihem
Etymology
Middle English maim, mayhem;
:from Olde English maihem;
::from Old French mahaigne, injury;
:::from mahaignier, to maim;
::::from Vulgar Latin mahanre.
Noun
mayhem
a general physical disturbance; a crowd tussle or fight.
:She waded into the mayhem, elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.
:The clowns would dart into the crowd and pull another unsuspecting victim into the mayhem of the ring
a state of disorder; chaos
:The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
:What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century ?
Law The crime of willfully maime|maiming or injure|injuring a person.
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Synonyms
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