MAELSTROM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Synonyms:

maelstrom; vortex; whirlpool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("maelstrom" is a kind of...):

current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maelstrom"):

Charybdis ((Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla)

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