maelstrom
noun [C usually singular] (SITUATION) /ˈmeɪl.strɒm/
/-strəm/ Definition
› a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction: The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war.Social order and disorder
(Definition of maelstrom noun (SITUATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anarchic adjective
- anarchism noun
- anarchist noun
- anarchy noun
- ASBO noun
- breach noun (BROKEN PROMISE/RULE)
- disorder noun (ANGRY SITUATION)
- disturb verb (INTERRUPT)
- havoc noun
- instability noun
- mayhem noun
- organized chaos noun
- pandemonium noun
- strife noun
- tinderbox noun
- turbulence noun (CONFUSION)
- turbulent adjective (SITUATION/TIME)
- turmoil noun
- unrest noun
- upheaval noun
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