perfect storm
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perfect storm
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First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News.
noun perfect storms
- A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions. 1796, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries ..., p. 161, But on the 24th of April, the wind again blew a perfect storm, and our other ships of the squadron separated, nor did any of them rejoin the commodore.
- A convergence of multiple adverse factors that together create a critical, disastrous, or unusually severe situation. 1862, Frank Moore, Edward Everett, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, p. 149, They sent a perfect storm of bullets, over, under, and into our men.
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noun situation
| Español | tormenta perfecta |
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| Deutsch | Verkettung unglücklicher Umstände |
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