havocked

verb

past tense of havoc
as in wiped out

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  1. wiped out
  2. blotted out
  3. trampled
  4. cut down
  5. plundered
  6. ravaged
  7. removed
  8. looted
Verb
  • The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blotted out
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  • Video footage also showed people being trampled and hit with batons as officers traveled on horseback.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Philbrick, a seasoned and popular chronicler of the American past, is equally concerned with those who got trampled by the rush as with those who rode it to astonishing heights of wealth and influence.
    — Richard Kreitner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of trampled
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  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
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  • But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In the sixties, artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Peter Saul had plundered lowbrow visual culture for elemental materials.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • Bangkok Kunsthalle, in Chinatown, opened in 2024 in a former academic publishing house that was ravaged by a fire 25 years ago; the mazelike interior, some of it still charred, is a surprisingly compelling stage for art.
    — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ravaged
Verb
  • Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • India's Election Commission has so far removed more than 130 million names from the voter lists.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • One of the Buddhas was looted more than 100 years ago from the Tianlongshan Grottoes, a temple complex in Shanxi Province.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Last year, the museum returned fragments of a silk manuscript from China that dated to more than 2,000 years ago and had been looted from a tomb.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of looted
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