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noun. /ˈmeɪhem/. /ˈmeɪhem/. [uncountable] fear and a great lack of order, usually caused by violent behaviour or by some sudden terrible event. There was absolute mayhem when everyone tried to get out at once. It only takes a few stupid people to create mayhem in a crowd.
1. Law The criminal offense of willfully maiming, disabling, or disfiguring a person. 2. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing; wanton destruction: children committing mayhem in the flower beds. 3. A state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc.
mayhem / ˈ meɪˌhɛm/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of MAYHEM. [noncount] : actions that hurt people and destroy things : a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence. movies filled with murder and mayhem. committing mayhem. a criminal who escaped from prison and caused mayhem. — often used figuratively. musical mayhem.
