লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
mayhem
This term evokes a sense of loud, energetic, and uncontrolled disruption. While chaos suggests a general lack of order, mayhem implies a more active, destructive, and often noisy form of turmoil. It is frequently used in casual conversation to describe hectic situations, such as a crowded sale or a chaotic household, though it retains a sharper edge of volatility than words like turmoil or confusion.
In a legal context, the word shifts from general disorder to a specific criminal act of permanent physical disfigurement. This technical usage is rare in everyday speech but remains critical in jurisprudence to describe the intentional maiming of another person. Because it functions as an uncountable mass noun in both its common and legal senses, it does not take a plural form and cannot be counted with numbers.
Meanings
Examples
The sale started at dawn and absolute mayhem ensued in the store.
It was total mayhem when the fire alarm went off during the exam.
The sudden power outage caused mayhem across the city center.
The goblin army unleashed mayhem upon the peaceful village.
The defendant was charged with mayhem for the permanent injury he caused.
Ancient laws treated the act of mayhem as a severe felony.