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mayhem

  (mā'hĕm', mā'əm)

1. Law. The offense of willfully maiming or crippling 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.

[Middle English maim, mayhem, from Anglo-Norman maihem, from Old French mahaigne, injury, from mahaignier, to maim, from Vulgar Latin *mahanāre, probably of Germanic origin.]

Definition: chaos, confusion
Antonyms: calm, harmony, peace

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Mayhem at common law required a type of injury that permanently rendered the victim less able to fight offensively or defensively; it might be accomplished either by the removal of (dismemberment), or by the disablement of, some bodily member useful in fighting. Today, by statute, permanent disfigurement has been added; and as to dismemberment and disablement, there is no longer a requirement that the member have military significance. In many states the crime of mayhem is treated as aggravated assault.

Mayhem may refer to:

• Mayhem, a type of crime
  • Havoc and disorder, often with humorous overtones
• Mayhem, a Norwegian black metal band
• Mayhem, an album by English rock group Toyah
• Mayhem, a Marvel Comics character
• Mayhem is a professional wrestler
• Mayhem in Monsterland, a Commodore 64 video game
• TV Mayhem, a television show that aired for six weeks beginning in September 1991
• WCW Mayhem, a World Championship Wrestling event, which has a video game based on it:
  • WCW Mayhem
• Mayhem Attack Squad, a team of Decepticons
• Mayhem Morearty, a Canadian hip-hop artist
• Worms 4: Mayhem!, a turn-based game from Team17
• Mayhem, a chavcore rap group from England.

See also:

• Methods of Mayhem, an American rap metal band formed by ex-Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
• Minstrels of Mayhem, an American Renaissance Festival music group
• Michigan Mayhem, a minor league basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association
• Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, a Muppet rock band that appeared on The Muppet Show
• Ani-Mayhem, an anime-based collectible card game
• Jason "Mayhem" Miller, a Mixed Martial Arts fighter
• Monica Mayhem, an Australian pornographic actress

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vold, hærværk, ødelæggelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
rotzooi, geweld, verminking, chaos

Français (French)
n. - désordre, grabuge, (US, Jur) (crime de) mutilation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Chaos, schwere Körperverletzung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μτφ.) αναστάτωση, κομφούζιο, το σώσε, χαμός

Italiano (Italian)
caos, mutilazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lesão corporal dolosa (f) (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
нанесение увечья, драка

Español (Spanish)
n. - alboroto, violencia, mutilación criminal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lemlästning, förödelse

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
伤害罪之一种, 故意的伤害罪

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傷害罪之一種, 故意的傷害罪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사람을 다치게 하는 죄, 기물파손, 대혼잡

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 身体傷害, 意図的損傷, 騒乱, 必要以上の非難

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اضطرابات عنيفه و فوضى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אנדרולומוסיה, הטלת מום, פגיעה גופנית, אי-סדר‬

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