as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter
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At the same time, onshore gales will pile a storm surge along the coast, creating coastal flooding as the deluge occurs, rendering drainage — which relies on gravity, ineffective.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
During the storm in 2008, roughly eight feet of water filled the city’s streets; 110-mile-per-hour gales whipped the building’s brick walls.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Serving as a governor under Joe Biden has been like a gale force win in our face.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but a chilly gale blasted up from the Southern Ocean.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
During the storm in 2008, roughly eight feet of water filled the city’s streets; 110-mile-per-hour gales whipped the building’s brick walls.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Serving as a governor under Joe Biden has been like a gale force win in our face.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but a chilly gale blasted up from the Southern Ocean.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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“Gale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gale. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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