# perfect storm

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Popularized by the book (1997) and movie The Perfect Storm (2000).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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