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shambles — n. 1) to make a shambles of; to turn smt. into a shambles 2) in (a) shambles (their economy is in shambles) * * * [ ʃæmb(ə)lz] to turn smt. into a shambles to make a shambles of in (a) shambles (their economy is in shambles) … Combinatory dictionary
shambles — noun informal a shambles a) an event or situation that is a complete failure because it has not been organized or planned properly: be (in) a shambles: By 1985 the economy was in a shambles. | make a shambles of sth: Potts, you made a complete… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Shambles Square, Manchester — Shambles Square is a square in Manchester, England, created in 1999 to house the rebuilt Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair s Oyster Bar next to the Mitre Hotel . Etymology Shambles was a name originally used for a street of butchers shops where… … Wikipedia
The Shambles (community television program) — infobox television show name = The Shambles caption = format = Sketch comedy runtime = creator = Sean Lynch Nathan Valvo Anthony Ziella starring = opentheme = country = Australia network = Channel 31 first aired = 2002 last aired = num episodes … Wikipedia
sham|bles — «SHAM buhlz», noun (plural) or singular. 1. a confusion; mess; general disorder: »to make a shambles of a clean room. He left his affairs in a complete shambles when he died. The voice radio was a shambles of several different operators speaking… … Useful english dictionary
litter — 1. noun 1) never drop litter Syn: garbage, refuse, junk, waste, debris, scraps, leavings, fragments, detritus, trash, rubbish 2) the litter of papers around her Syn: clutter … Thesaurus of popular words
Shamble — Sham ble, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.] 1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disarrange — verb every year the festival gets bigger, and every year the town gets more disarranged Syn: disorder, throw into disarray/disorder, put out of place, disorganize, disturb, displace; mess up, make untidy, make a mess of, jumble, mix up, muddle,… … Thesaurus of popular words
pillage — pil·lage / pi lij/ vb pil·laged, pil·lag·ing vt: to loot or plunder esp. in war vi: to take booty pillage n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
disorganize — v disorder, derange, disarrage, misar range; confuse, muddle, jumble, put out of order, throw into confusion Inf. disorder, mix up, Inf. raise hell with, disarray, dishevel, Inf. mess up, Inf. make a mess of, make a shambles of … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
