vortex
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vortex (plural vortexes or vortices)
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
- (figuratively) Anything which inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
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2004: the consumer vortex that is East Hampton — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38
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whirlpool
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anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
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anything which draws surrounding things
[edit] See also
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- vortex in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- vortex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913