maelstrom
(meɪlstrɒm )
Word forms: maelstroms
countable noun [usually singular]
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. [+ of]
Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. [+ of]
Synonyms: turmoil, disorder, confusion, chaos
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