Perfect-storm
noun
1.
a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances:
a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
noun
1.
a combination of events which are not individually dangerous, but occurring together produce a disastrous outcome
noun
a weather pattern involving the collision of a northeaster, a large high pressure system, and unusually cold Canadian air pushing down plus moisture and warm air pushing up from a hurricane to the south to create a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm
Examples
A perfect storm is a weather phenomenon that develops maybe two or three times every century.
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