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   mael·strom

   /ˈmālˌsträm/

   noun

   • 1. a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. Similar whirlpoolvortexeddyswirlliterary:Charybdis
   • ▪ a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil: "the train station was a maelstrom of crowds" Similar turbulencetumultturmoiluproarcommotiondisorderjumbledisarraychaosconfusionupheavalseething masswelterpandemoniumbedlamwhirlwindswirl

   Word Origin late 16th century: from early modern Dutch (denoting a whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.

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