"play havoc" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "plays havoc",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing havoc",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played havoc",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played havoc",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "If so, the individual wealth effects [which, except for the condition that p#92;cdotD#95;#123;w#95;i#125;x(p,#92;alpha#95;iw)#61;1, are essentially unrestricted] can play havoc with the well-behaved but possibly small individual substitution effects.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of wreak havoc"
      ],
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          "wreak havoc",
          "wreak havoc#English"
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          "word": "wreak havoc"
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  "word": "play havoc"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays havoc",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing havoc",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played havoc",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played havoc",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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          "text": "If so, the individual wealth effects [which, except for the condition that p#92;cdotD#95;#123;w#95;i#125;x(p,#92;alpha#95;iw)#61;1, are essentially unrestricted] can play havoc with the well-behaved but possibly small individual substitution effects.",
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          "wreak havoc#English"
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          "word": "wreak havoc"
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  "word": "play havoc"
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