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maelstrom
UK /ˈmeɪlˌstɹəm/ US /ˈmeɪlˌstɹɔm/
noun 2
Collocations
4VERB + MAELSTROM
leaving
MAELSTROM + NOUN
currents, passions
PREP.
in, into
ADV.
again
Definitions
noun
1
A large and violent whirlpool.
To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations.
The falukah plunged over a waterfall and was almost submerged, was caught again in a maelstrom and went twirling on in the blackness.
2
A chaotic or turbulent situation.
It was of Jean Paul's doing: some single billow in that vast World-Mahlstrom of Humour, with its heaven-kissing coruscations, which is now, alas, all congealed in the frost of death!
He escaped at last, dizzy from the maelstrom of conflicting emotions that had caught and whirled him.
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To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations.
Wiktionary02
The falukah plunged over a waterfall and was almost submerged, was caught again in a maelstrom and went twirling on in the blackness.
Wiktionary03
A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
Wiktionary04
The maelstrom of passions is not what we need now.
Tatoeba · #170866805
From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.
Tatoeba · #2027722Usage Notes
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