perfect storm
A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a…A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.
» The perfect storm is in the making.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.
(broadly, figuratively)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.
Verkettung unglücklicher Umstände
Examples
2 sentencesThe perfect storm is in the making.
This is a perfect storm.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News.First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News.
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Forms
plural: perfect storms| Singular | perfect storm |
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