car wreck vs mayhem

car wreck

noun
  • Synonym of car crash 

mayhem

noun
  • A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. 

  • The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection. 

  • Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. 

  • The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose. 

How often have the words car wreck and mayhem occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )