Meaning & use
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion, often with no clear pattern or organization.
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The power outage plunged the entire office into total chaos.
Chaos erupted in the stadium when the final whistle blew.
A note on using this word
In mathematics and science, "chaos" also names systems that are highly sensitive to small changes, as in chaos theory.
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