26984 words

maelstrom

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction:

Examples:

The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war.
2
an area of water that moves with a very strong circular movement and sucks in anything that goes past
3
a situation in which there is great confusion, disagreement, or violence:

Examples:

It was a country in turmoil, caught up in a maelstrom of change.

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