PERFECTSTORM

Perfect storm

A "perfect storm" is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. The term is also used to describe an actual phenomenon that happens to occur in such a confluence, resulting in an event of unusual magnitude.

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perfect storm

Noun

  1. A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.
  2. A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.


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