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- 1. a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. Similar
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MAELSTROM definition: 1. a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction: 2. an area of water…. Learn more.
The meaning of MAELSTROM is a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius. How to use maelstrom in a sentence. Did you know?
If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent.
A maelstrom is a powerful whirlpool. A luckless ship might go down in one, and conflicting ocean currents might cause one. These days, you're more likely to hear maelstrom used metaphorically to describe disasters where many competing forces are at play.
MAELSTROM meaning: 1. a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction: 2. an area of water…. Learn more.
maelstrom. noun. /ˈmeɪlstrɒm/. /ˈmeɪlstrəm/. [usually singular] (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened. a maelstrom of conflicting emotions.
noun a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool. a restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs: the maelstrom of early morning traffic. Synonyms: bedlam, pandemonium, tumult (initial capital letter) a famous hazardous whirlpool off the NW coast of Norway. maelstrom 1 / ˈmeɪlstrəʊm /
1. A violent or turbulent situation: caught in the maelstrom of war. 2. A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence. [Obsolete Dutch : Dutch malen, to grind, whirl (from Middle Dutch; see melə- in Indo-European roots) + Dutch stroom, stream (from Middle Dutch; see sreu- in Indo-European roots ).]
maelstrom meaning, definition, what is maelstrom: a confusing situation full of events or ...: Learn more.
MAELSTROM meaning: 1 : a situation in which there are a lot of confused activities, emotions, etc.; 2 : a dangerous area of water that moves very fast in a circle whirlpool.
