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simoom
noun as in dust storm
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Besides, the wind called the simoom raised such clouds of dust that whole caravans were sometimes buried in the sand.
In the choking breath of the simoom he feels the potentialities of God, and his own helpless impotence.
That wind of the desert, says Bonazzi, that simoom of Pontifical dominion did not pass over our city in vain.
Cooley stayed there until five o'clock in the afternoon waiting for the simoom to swoop down upon him.
On another occasion we met the simoom, the purple haze in rushing past threatening suffocation.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to simoom, such as: sandstorm, black blizzard, devil, dust devil, duster, and harmattan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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