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vortex

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A rapidly rotating flow; figuratively, a powerful situation that draws things into it.

The character felt trapped in a vortex of increasingly elaborate excuses.

Dictionary practice example.

A vortex swirled in the river beside the landing, drawing floating twigs into a rapidly rotating flow that the travelers watched from the bank.