whirlwind
/ˈhwɜrlˌwɪnd/, /ˈwɜrl-/ n [C] (STORM)Definition
› a storm with strong winds that move in a circle › People sometimes use whirlwind to describe a situation that happens suddenly and that is full of lots of quickly changing or confusing activity: The film created a whirlwind of controversy.
(Definition of whirlwind n (STORM) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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