maelstroms

plural of maelstrom
as in vortices
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center our rubber raft got caught in a maelstrom in a particularly rough stretch of white water

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“Maelstroms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstroms. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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