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: --
There are very many men who went into other occupations, where they received less remuneration, rather than plunge into a maelstrom of that kind.
We can have no guarantee that in the maelstrom of political events and priorities the future will not bear an uncanny resemblance to the past.
We have landed in a great maelstrom of economic antagonism.
Their lives will be jeopardised in the maelstrom of war.
They, like us, have passed through the devastating maelstrom of a great war.
Is she not substituting a public service that is locally accountable with a maelstrom of contractors?
Cycle tracks may suddenly cease to exist, pitching the cyclist into a maelstrom of traffic at the most dangerous places.
I greatly regret this profound issue, which affects the lives of thousands of our fellow citizens, being thrown in the maelstrom of party politics.
