0 a situation in which there is a lot of confusion and fear or excitement -- zmatek
Complete mayhem broke out in the crowd when the announcement was made.
We were concerned for the mayhem they created, the destruction and damage and papers tossed about and that kind of thing.
Secondly, we must use monitoring to contain his capacity to cause mayhem for his neighbours.
People of that age—especially young men—who cause mayhem should be treated as adults.
Returning to the disorder legislation, we have all heard about one or two families who have caused mayhem on a particular street or an estate.
The second is to protect society by removing some people from general circulation to prevent them from creating more mayhem in the community.
No other group of people would be allowed to cause such unfettered mayhem and distress, annoyance and damage.
As a result, a hard core of about 12 teenagers have taken to rampaging around local streets, causing mayhem.
They are fed up to the back teeth with people creating mayhem and rioting; they want something done.