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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
| Synonyms: | cyclone, funnel, storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind, wind |
| Main Entry: | gale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent storm |
| Synonyms: | blast, blow, burst, chinook, cyclone, hurricane, mistral, monsoon, outbreak, outburst, squall, tempest, tornado, typhoon, wind, windstorm |
| Main Entry: | hurricane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent windstorm |
| Synonyms: | blow, cyclone, gale, line storm, monsoon, storm, tempest, tornado, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind |
| Notes: | a hurricane is a severe tropical storm that starts east of the International Date Line (Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico) and a typhoon is a severe tropical storm that starts west of this line (Pacific Ocean, China Sea) |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong weather |
| Synonyms: | blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, monsoon, precip, precipitation, raining cats and dogs, snowstorm, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm |
| Antonyms: | calm, clearness |
| Main Entry: | tempest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wild storm; commotion |
| Synonyms: | blizzard, bluster, chaos, convulsion, cyclone, disturbance, ferment, furor, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, tumult, typhoon, upheaval, uproar, wildness, windstorm |
| Antonyms: | calm |
| Main Entry: | typhoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
| Synonyms: | cyclone, hurricane, storm, tornado, twister |
| Notes: | a hurricane is a severe tropical storm that starts east of the International Date Line (Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico) and a typhoon is a severe tropical storm that starts west of this line (Pacific Ocean, China Sea) |
| Main Entry: | windstorm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
| Synonyms: | cyclone, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, twister, typhoon |
| Main Entry: | twister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
| Synonyms: | cyclone, tornado, typhoon, whirlwind |
| Main Entry: | vortex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circular current |
| Synonyms: | cyclone, eddy, gyre, spiral, tornado, tourbillion, twister, waterspout, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind |
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