0 a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction:
1 an area of water that moves with a very strong circular movement and sucks in anything that goes past
2 a situation in which there is great confusion, disagreement, or violence:
Vortices known as whirlpools or maelstroms up to in diameter and in depth are formed when the current is at its strongest.
They are most common at the borders of two or more planes where conflicting energies create magical maelstroms.
A special tidal phenomenon takes place in the strait, as strong tidal currents reverse direction once every six hours, creating strong currents and maelstroms.
They were thus ' innocent ' of the political maelstrom heading their way.
More powerful ones are properly termed "maelstroms".
With a speed on the order of 15km/h 0 (the value strongly varies between sources), it is one of the strongest maelstroms in the world.
All that brings about a continuous maelstrom in a crucible that might ignite at any moment to produce even more severe results.
I greatly regret this profound issue, which affects the lives of thousands of our fellow citizens, being thrown in the maelstrom of party politics.
