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- DictionaryMay·hem/ˈmāˌ(h)em/
noun
- 1. violent or damaging disorder; chaos: "complete mayhem broke out"
noun [ U ] us / ˈmeɪ.hem / uk / ˈmeɪ.hem / Add to word list. a situation in which there is little or no order or control: With 20 kids running around and only two adults to supervise, it was complete mayhem. Synonym. havoc. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Social order & disorder. anarchic. anarchism. anarchistic. anarchy. bedlam.
Mayhem definition: the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.. See examples of MAYHEM used in a sentence.
Mayhem is a violent and rowdy disturbance, like what you might experience at an overcrowded rock concert or a day-after-Thanksgiving sale. You may encounter several types of disturbances in your life, but mayhem is typically used for disturbances involving crowds.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈmeɪhem / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. a situation in which there is no order or control: With five kids running around, it was complete mayhem. (Definition of mayhem from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
