windstorms

noun

Definition of windstormsnext
plural of windstorm
as in tornadoes

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  1. tornadoes
  2. gales
  3. gusts
  4. tempests
  5. winds
Noun
  • When tornadoes rip through populated areas, their presence is unmistakable.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Additional funding would be used to respond to other emergencies, such as last year’s devastating wildfires in Maui, tornadoes across the Midwest and the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in March.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of tornadoes
Noun
  • Nuclear power plants have increasingly been seen as a carbon pollution-free source of electricity that can fill in for solar and wind farms when the sun sets and gales weaken.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of gales
Noun
  • By Tuesday afternoon, the wildfire had burned more than 2,800 acres, and officials said that gusts as strong as 60 miles per hour had challenged the more than 700 firefighters responding to the scene.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Four to nine inches with possible wind gusts of 35 miles per hour could produce drifting snow, the NWS warns.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of gusts
Noun
  • The force of the collision pushed up mountains three miles high; millions of years of tempests wore them down.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Hwang seems to be suggesting that a line can indeed be drawn from the cultural tempests – too easily dismissed as matters of political correctness – to the real-world tragedies and obscenities that send innocent men to jail and early graves.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of tempests
Noun
  • Officials had issued a critical fire alert on Monday, warning that high winds were expected this week.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The National Weather Service cautioned gusty winds are still expected through Wednesday morning, particularly in mountainous areas.
    Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of winds
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