Widespread destruction (5)

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havoc

'widespread destruction' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for havoc that I've seen before include "Carnage" , "Chaotic devastation" , "Chaos, confusion" , "Ruin" , "Widespread destruction and great disorder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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