noun [usuallysing.]
1 (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened:
a maelstrom of conflicting emotions * They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
2 a very strong current of water that moves in circles
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