vortexed
Caught in swirl
Vortexed describes something that has been spun or mixed using a vortex mixer—a laboratory device that rapidly agitates small containers of liquid.
Common in scientific contexts: The samples were vortexed for thirty seconds.
Outside the lab, vortexed can describe anything caught in or subjected to a whirling motion: Leaves vortexed in the wind.
Violent whirlpool or upheaval
- eddyCircular counter-current
- gyreCircular or spiral motion
- currentDirected flow of charge
- funnelCone directing flow
waterspout · Charybdis · drain · sinkhole · undertow · rapids · torrent · turbulence
Rotating, curving movement
- eddyCircular counter-current
- spiralCurve winding around center
- gyrateMove in spirals
- whirlRotate very quickly
rotate · circulate · coil · twist · curl · loop · whorl · helix
Violent disturbance or confusion
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- disarrayLack of order
confusion · frenzy · maelstrom · swept up · overwhelmed · disoriented · destabilized · unmoored
maelstrom
Violent whirlpool or upheaval
funnel · waterspout · Charybdis · drain · sinkhole · undertow · rapids · torrent · turbulence · pool
swirl
Rotating, curving movement
whirl · rotate · circulate · coil · twist · curl · loop · whorl · helix · gyre
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
disarray · confusion · frenzy · maelstrom · swept up · overwhelmed · disoriented · destabilized · unmoored · turbulent
vacuum
Absence of matter
sucked · siphoned · absorbed · extracted · funneled · intake · drainage · aspirated · inhaled · swept
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- swirling vortex
- polar vortexesSpinning cold air zones
- spinning vortex
- time vortexSpinning passage through history