maelstrom /mālˈstrom/

1. A particularly powerful whirlpool
2. (with cap) a well-known whirlpool off the coast of Norway
3. A confused or disordered state of affairs
4. Any resistless overpowering influence for destruction

• cross someone's path
• cross-springer
• cross-springers
• cross-staff
• cross-staffs
• cross-stitch
• cross-stitched
• cross-stitches
• cross-stitching
• cross-stone
• cross swords
• cross swords with
• cross-talk
• cross the floor
• cross the Rubicon
• crosstie
• crossties
• cross-tining
• crosstown
• cross-training
• crosstree
• crosstrees
• cross-vaulting
• crosswalk
• crosswalks