Gale synonyms

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blow
The act of striking or hitting.
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wind (related)
The direction from which a movement of air comes:
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confusion
The definition of confusion is a state of bewilderment, misunderstanding or chaos.
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storm (related)
Any heavy fall of snow, rain, or hail
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blast
A gust of wind; strong rush of air
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excitement
Something that excites:
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flurry
A gust of rain or snow
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gust
A sudden burst, as of rain or smoke.
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squall
A brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow.
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tempest
The definition of a tempest is a violent and windy storm, or an outburst or uproar.
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air
Public utterance; vent:
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breeze
(Cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
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zephyr
A light wind from the west
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breath (related)
(Linguistics) Exhalation of air without vibration of the vocal cords, as in the articulation of p and s.
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frost (related)
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blizzard (related)
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thunderstorm (related)
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downpour (related)
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hurricane
The definition of hurricane is a storm with winds of 74 mph or more.
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windstorm
A storm with high winds or violent gusts but little or no rain.
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typhoon
As warm air rises from the surface of the water, less air is left and a low pressure area develops.
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Gale Sentence Examples

  • The "Monitor" was lost in a gale off Cape Hatteras on the 31st of December 1862.

  • Thus the stream bed, from which at first the water might be blown away into a new channel by a gale of wind, ultimately grows to be the strongest line of the landscape.

  • Gale, Korean Sketches (Edinburgh, 1898); W.

  • In July 1804 he ordered his admiral commanding at Toulon, Latouche Treville, to seize an opportunity when Nelson, who was in command of the blockade, was driven off by a northerly gale, to put to sea, with 1 0 sail of the line, pick up the French ship in Cadiz, join Villeneuve who was in the Aix roads, and then effect a junction with Ganteaume and the 21 sail of the line at Brest.

  • See Amory Gale, History of the Town of Lee (Lee, 1854), and Lee, The Centennial Celebration and Centennial History of the Town of Lee (Springfield, Mass., 1878), compiled by Charles M.

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