mayhem/havoc/pandemonium
Explanation:
e.g.
absolute mayhem/pandemonium
I think these provide a better picture of such scenes than merely "madness" (which for me conjures up images of tightrope-walking, bowler-hat-wearing pigs etc.)
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Note added at 11 hrs 55 mins (2005-10-12 09:31:31 GMT)
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Following this mayhem, there is another murder, hanging, and a suicide. In the gory climax, Hieronimo and Bel-imperia kill Balthazar and Lorenzo, Bel-imperia commits suicide, Hieronimo bites out his tongue ...
http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/07-3/ardofaer.htm
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Note added at 19 hrs 17 mins (2005-10-12 16:53:43 GMT)
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- riotous/tumultous scenes
- anarchic goings-on
- rampant mayhem
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Note added at 19 hrs 34 mins (2005-10-12 17:11:15 GMT)
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That should, of course, be "complete and utter mayhem"
| xxxFrancis Lee
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