magnetic storm

NOUN

electrical storm

Synonyms

WEAK

geomagnetic storm

Example Sentences

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

One day last week a violent "magnetic storm" or disturbance of the earth's magnetic field broke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

NBC, CBS, MBS constantly carried crisis news in spite of a magnetic storm which marred short-wave reception for three days and a hurricane which broke power and communication lines, flooded transmitters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of the flare, a violent magnetic storm and a radio blackout, were observed from the South Pole to the Arctic and all around the equator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus we have rain-storm, snow-storm, etc., and by extension, magnetic storm.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin