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单词 windstorm
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windstorm
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windstorm: windstorms
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His son surveyed the seven sturdier greenhouses, designed for northern climates, they bought after the windstorm disaster.
Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016)
And in 2010 lawmakers stripped the requirement to disclose a property’s windstorm mitigation rating.
New York Times(Nov 24, 2016)
It also ranks high for causing windstorms and significant flooding.
Seattle Times(Nov 11, 2016)
n a storm consisting of violent winds
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cyclone
a violent rotating windstorm
dust storm, duster, sandstorm, sirocco
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
tempest
(literary) a violent wind
whirlwind
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
dust devil
a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
hurricane
a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
tornado, twister
a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
typhoon
a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
storm, violent storm
a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
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