Perfect Storm Meaning

Perfect Storm is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (figuratively, by extension) A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Perfect Storm

(figuratively, by extension) A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.

Example : 1796, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries ..., p. 161,  But on the 24th of April, the wind again blew a perfect storm, and our other ships of the squadron separated, nor did any of them rejoin the commodore.1914, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Edward Lind Morse, Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals, p. 190,  Ten o'clock. Beginning to blow hard; taking in sails one after another. — Three o'clock. A perfect storm; the gale a few days ago but a gentle breeze to it.1862, Frank Moore, Edward Everett, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, p. 149,  They sent a perfect storm of bullets, over, under, and into our men.2008, Jim Coyle, "Stormy weather for tourism season," Toronto Star, 30 Jun., p. AA8,  Tory said he was worried that "a perfect storm" of economic factors could put tourist operators and their communities in peril.

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Perfect Storm is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Perfect Storm stands for (figuratively, by extension) A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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