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MAELSTROM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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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