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| cry havoc (to give an army the signal for pillage and destruction; "Havoc" was originally a military order in the Middle Ages for soldiers to pillage and cause destruction; it features most famously in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar': Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war. – На всю страну монаршим криком грянет: "Пощады нет!" – и спустит псов войны.) | |||