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   Maelstrom (?), n. [Norw., a whirlpool.]
   1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.  Hence: any large or powerful whirlpool.
   
   Syn. -- whirlpool, vortex.
   
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   2. Also (Fig.)  An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, “a maelstrom of vice”.
   
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