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  • 1 havoc

    ['hævək]
    (great destruction or damage: The hurricane created havoc over a wide area.) eyðilegging, skaði

    English-Icelandic dictionary > havoc

  • 2 play havoc with

    (to cause a lot of damage to: The storm played havoc with the farmer's crops.) valda miklum skemmdum á

    English-Icelandic dictionary > play havoc with

  • 3 play

    [plei] 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leika (sér)
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) leika, taka þátt í
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) leika
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) vera sÿndur
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) leika/spila á
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) leika á, plata
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) leika gegn
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) leika um
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) beina að
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) leika út
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) skemmtun, leikur
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) leikrit
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) leikur
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) hlaup
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > play

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  • Havoc — Hav oc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. [1913 Webster] To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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