perfect storm

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A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions

Ten o'clock. Beginning to blow hard; taking in sails one after another. — Three o'clock. A perfect storm; the gale a few days ago but a gentle breeze to it.

A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors

Tory said he was worried that a perfect storm of economic factors could put tourist operators and their communities in peril.

The phrase perfect storm refers to the simultaneous occurrence of events which, taken individually, would be far less powerful than the result of their chance combination. Such occurrences are rare by their very nature, so that even a slight change in any one event contributing to the perfect storm would lessen its overall impact
perfect storms
plural form of perfect storm
perfect storm

    Silbentrennung

    per·fect Storm

    Türkische aussprache

    pırfekt stôrm

    Aussprache

    /pərˈfekt ˈstôrm/ /pɜrˈfɛkt ˈstɔːrm/
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