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hurricane
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[ noun ] (meteorology) a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The basement or belowground shelters also will serve for tornado or hurricane protection . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He had never seen clouds like them before , but he had the primitive feel of danger that gripped a man before a hurricane in Carolina . Related terms |
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