Maelstrom

n.	1.	A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
	2.	An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice.

Noun

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maelstrom - a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) Synonyms: whirlpool, vortex

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