Whirlpools synonyms

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maelstroms
Any violent or turbulent situation.
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vortices
A whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.
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whorls
(Zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
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swirls
A whirling or eddying motion or mass:
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forces
A capacity for affecting the mind or behavior; efficacy:
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eddies
A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.
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undercurrents
2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao"", the Guardian:
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undertows
A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
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whirls
A tumult; uproar; stir
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stirs
A slight movement:
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flurries
A brief, light snowfall.
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bustles
Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.
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calms (related)
Tranquility or serenity:
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Find another word for whirlpools. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for whirlpools, like: maelstroms, vortices, whorls, turmoils, swirls, forces, eddies, undercurrents, undertows, whirls and stirs.
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Whirlpools Sentence Examples

  • The tidal currents, or races, or roost (as some of them are called locally, from the Icelandic) off many of the isles run with enormous velocity, and whirlpools are of frequent occurrence, and strong enough at times to prove a source of danger to small craft.

  • Sometimes enormous rocks have fallen from the mountains and spread over the river-bed causing huge whirlpools.

  • But just before reaching the Uaupes there is a long series of reefs, over which it violently flows in cataracts, rapids and whirlpools.

  • In the fifth and last section from Old Moldova to Orsova and the Iron Gates the river is enclosed by mountains and rocky banks, and the obstacles to navigation are rocks and whirlpools.

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