maelstromEnglishOxford American Thesaurusmaelstrom noun 1 we headed south, with one eye on the maelstrom to starboard: whirlpool, vortex, eddy, swirl; literary Charybdis. 2 they were caught up in the maelstrom of war: turbulence, tumult, turmoil, uproar, commotion, disorder, jumble, disarray, chaos, confusion, upheaval, seething mass, welter, pandemonium, bedlam, whirlwind, swirl.
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