English Explanatory Dictionary

perfect storm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.
  2. A convergence of multiple adverse factors that together create a critical, disastrous, or unusually severe situation.

Pronunciation

En-au-perfect storm.ogg

Word forms

perfect storm perfect storms

Etymology

First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News.

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