windstorm

Noun
  1. A storm consisting of violent winds (synset 111547465)
    is a type of: storm, violent storm - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
    subtypes:
    • 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

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