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mayhem

noun as in chaos, confusion

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Some are ideological die-hards yearning for Christian nationalism, but others just wanted the thrill of identifying with a shock jock, sowing mayhem, and putting a Black woman in power back in her place.

From Slate

Mayor Karen Bass characterized the incidents of mayhem following the game as “few” and said she expected the perpetrators to be held accountable.

“Right now I don’t feel anything,” he said with a smile from the corner of the Dodgers clubhouse, protecting his injured right foot from the celebratory mayhem around him.

The correspondents of NBC’s “Dateline” got a rock star-worthy welcome when they took to the stage in a packed ballroom at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel last month, and the attendees of CrimeCon, an annual convention for fans of real-life stories of murder and mayhem, were happy to explain why.

The mayhem, which escalated for three hours, led UC President Michael V. Drake to launch an investigation into the university’s actions and the slow response by law enforcement.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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