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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Maelstrom

/māl'-strəm/ · Mael·strom · IPA /ˈmeɪlˌstɹɔm/
01 n. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
  1. 1.
    A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
  2. 2.
    An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice.(Fig.)
Syn. whirlpool, vortex.