mayhem
/ˈmeɪhem/noun
mass noun
1- violent or damaging disorder; chaos骚乱, 暴乱; 混乱：
complete mayhem broke out.
全面骚乱爆发了。
1.1
- Law, chiefly historical the crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render the victim defenceless【律】〈主史〉故意伤害罪。
词源
early 16th cent.: from Old French mayhem （see MAIM）. The sense 'disorder, chaos' (originally US) dates from the late 19th cent.