Definition of CHAOS (original) (raw)

: a state of utter confusion

the blackout caused chaos throughout the city

: a confused mass or mixture

a chaos of television antennas

often capitalized : a state of things in which chance is supreme

especially : the confused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms compare cosmos

: the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system (such as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart)

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Examples of chaos in a Sentence

The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city. When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos. The country had descended into economic chaos.

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And then there's the baseline chaos of Indian traffic to contend with. —New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024 Set boundaries early on, like giving yourself permission to skip the chaos for a cup of hot cocoa. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 Part of the charm of The Sicilian Inheritance is its portrait of the chaos of living in a big, passionate family, one that’s full of multicourse lunches and gossipy second cousins. —Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024 November Richmond elected a new mayor and new City Council and School Board members, our airport received a grant to consolidate its two TSA screening areas into one, and there was health department chaos. —Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chaos