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Maelstrom (disambiguation); Maelstrom (game); Maelstrom (book); Maelstrom (novel)
Maelstrom
·noun Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.
II. Maelstrom ·noun A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
maelstrom
['me?lstr?m]
¦ noun
1. a powerful whirlpool.
2. a state or situation of confused movement or upheaval.
Origin
C17: from early mod. Du., from maalen 'grind, whirl' + stroom 'stream'.
maelstrom
(maelstroms)
If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. (LITERARY)
...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp, oft N of n
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Maelstrom
Maelstrom may refer to:
- Maelstrom (whirlpool), a powerful whirlpool
- originally the Moskstraumen in English
