Betekenis van:
maelstrom

maelstrom
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • whirlpool
  • a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

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Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen

maelstrom
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • trechtervormige ronddraaiende stroom in het water, die water en voorwerpen naar beneden zuigt
  • a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen


Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. The maelstrom of passions is not what we need now.
  2. From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.
  3. As described in detail in the opening decision [6] Sachsen LB got caught in the maelstrom of the still ongoing US subprime crisis in particular because of one off-balance conduit, Ormond Quay, which was unable to refinance itself and was in need of liquidity of up to EUR 17,1 billion in order to avoid fire sales.