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water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
- a boat sucked down into the vortex
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of vortex was in 1652
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