>>There is a story by A. Poe, which describes maelstrom. I can not quote the exact title of it, but if you read it you may find some new words for this phenomenon.
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>That's not the point. The point is he was passing it off as a verb. One can't maelstrom something. It's only a noun. IOW you can't trust teachers nowadays.

No, I got a point, but just wanted to offer an additonal option to increase your knowledge...