n. 25B6; noun
a maelstrom in the sea : WHIRLPOOL, vortex, eddy, swirl; poetic/literary Charybdis.
the maelstrom of war : TURBULENCE, tumult, turmoil, disorder, disarray, chaos, confusion, upheaval, pandemonium, bedlam, whirlwind.
MAELSTROM
Meaning of MAELSTROM in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012