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Definitions for maelström
ˈmeɪl strəmmaelström

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. whirlpool, vortex, maelstromnoun

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

GCIDE

  1. Maelstromnoun

    Also (Fig.) An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice.

Wiktionary

  1. maelstromnoun

    A large and violent whirlpool.

  2. maelstromnoun

    Any violent or turbulent situation.

ChatGPT

  1. maelstrom

    A maelstrom is a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. It can also refer to a situation or state of confused movement, turmoil, or tumultuous chaos where the individual involved feels sucked in uncontrollably.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maelstromnoun

    a celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway

  2. Maelstromnoun

    also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice

  3. Etymology: [Norw., a whirlpool.]

Wikidata

  1. Maelstrom

    Maelstrom is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Marvel Two-in-One #71, and was created by writer Mark Gruenwald.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Maelstrom

    māl′strom, n. a celebrated whirlpool off the coast of Norway: any resistless overpowering influence for destruction. [Norw., 'grinding stream.']

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Maelström

    . See Malström.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Maelstrom

    Expresses the Norwegian for an eddy or whirlpool; literally “whirling stream.”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maelström in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maelström in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of maelström in a Sentence

  1. The New York Times:

    Chris Cuomo has regularly spoken with Governor Cuomo by telephone over the past week and advised his brother to resign, said two people who requested anonymity to describe sensitive private conversations, the anchor concluded last week that his brother could not survive the political maelstrom, as the governor’s longtime allies abandoned him and support in the Democratic establishment dwindled, the people said.

  2. David Mowery:

    We're like the center of the maelstrom of this episode of' As American Burns,'.

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  • Brad Johnston
    Brad Johnston
    I say again: it would be nice if you would use more conventional ways to demonstrate pronounciation.
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