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Another word for gale

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Noun

  1. A natural movement or current of air

      1. Anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric
      2. A gentle breeze
      3. Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze
      1. Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
      2. The direction from which a movement of air comes:
      3. Air in motion
      1. A sudden burst, as of rain or smoke.
      2. A sudden burst of rain, smoke, fire, sound, etc.
      3. A sudden, strong rush of air or wind
      1. A substance left when coke, coal, or charcoal is burned or processed: it is used as a filler for concrete, etc.
      2. Small pieces of coke or coal with a diameter of 1.27 cm (.5 in) or less
      3. A light current of air; wind, esp. a gentle wind
      1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
      2. The state of blossoming:
      3. A mass of blossoms:
      1. The sound of a sudden rush of air or gas, as through a trumpet
      2. The steady current of air forced into a blast furnace
      3. A gust of wind; strong rush of air
      1. A distinctive quality or appearance; an aura:
      2. The general environment or condition, as in attitudes and ideas:
      3. A movement of air; breeze; wind
    See also:

    breath

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Another word for gale

Noun
      1. Any violent tropical cyclone originating in the W Pacific, esp. in the South China Sea
      2. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian Oceans.
      3. A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
      1. An unexpected shock or calamity.
      2. The state of blossoming:
      3. A mass of blossoms:
      1. A storm with high winds or violent gusts but little or no rain.
      2. A storm with a strong wind but little or no rain, hail, etc.
      3. A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation
      1. (Sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
      2. A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain
      3. A violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 74 or more miles per hour, often accompanied by torrential rains, and originating usually in the West Indian region: winds of hurricane force sometimes occur in the absence of a hurricane system
    See also:

    wind

    wind

    storm

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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