Meaning of Maelstrom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large and violent whirlpool.
2. Dated form of maelstrom.
   alt-of, dated
3. A chaotic or turbulent situation.
   figuratively

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Examples

“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.”

“A hulking shape⟳ burst⟳ through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake⟳.”

“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.”

“The terminal station, Richmond, is managed by South West Trains, heirs to the London & South Western Railway, and here the District fades into a railway maelstrom, since Richmond is not only on the Waterloo-Reading line but is also the westerly terminus of the London Overground.”

“A Twitter post⟳ intended to celebrate⟳ a funny photo of Abby, a “chonk” sea otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, instead stirred an online maelstrom of criticism, KNTV reports.”

“Setting our sights back on King's Landing, where the Last⟳ War will be waged, makes a lot of sense⟳, even if it does feel⟳ a bit anticlimactic after last⟳ week's deadly, blustery maelstrom.”

“Five, he has no idea what else could be out there. For example, if British doctrine was anything like⟳ his own⟳, then even at this moment, dozens of British destroyers might be swarming towards him, about to envelop his forces in a maelstrom of torpedoes, and the first thing he'd know⟳ about it is when things start⟳ exploding! (Well, even more than they already are now.)”

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