maelstroms

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plural of maelstrom
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Any violent or turbulent situation
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whirlpool
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A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence
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A large and violent whirlpool
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\MAYL-strum\, noun: 1 A large, powerful, or violent whirlpool 2 Something resembling a maelstrom; a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of affairs; as, a maelstrom of vice
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{i} large whirlpool; disordered and confusing condition
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a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
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Also Fig
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A tidal whirlpool between Moskenesy and Mosken in the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway Term usually applied to other tidal whirlpools
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Famous whirlpool off the coast of Norway in the Lofoten Islands between Moskenesoy and Mosken
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as, a maelstrom of vice
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If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions
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A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway
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Maelstrom (mâl´strem) noun 1 A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway 2 Also figurative; as, a maelstrom of vice