Law . the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.

random or deliberate violence or damage.

a state of rowdy disorder

Antagonisms between the various factions at the meeting finally boiled over, and mayhem ensued.

noun

calm , harmony , peace

noun

anarchy , commotion , destruction , disorder , fracas , havoc , pandemonium , trouble , violence , chaos , confusion