typhoon
noun /taɪˈfuːn/
/taɪˈfuːn/
- a violent tropical storm with very strong windsExtra Examplescompare cyclone, hurricaneTopics Weatherb2, The environmentb2
- His home was destroyed in a typhoon.
- The plantation was devastated by a typhoon.
- Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters are frequent in that part of the Pacific.
- The hottest time of year coincides with the typhoon season.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytyphoon + verb- hit something
- strike something
- damage something
- …
- in a/the typhoon
Word Originlate 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’.