Tempest - English meaning

noun

A severe snowstorm with high winds.

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And then there are the weather warnings for hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods, winds, and ti…

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A severe snow storm with strong winds

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We didn’t get out for three days after the blizzard was over.

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A large amount of something that arrives or is produced together in a confusing or badly organized way

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A blizzard of statistics/handouts

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A sudden violent rainstorm.

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It has survived thunderstorms and cloudbursts and has taken place every year except during the two …

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A heavy fall of rain that begins and ends suddenly

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A sudden heavy fall of rain

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A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.

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Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all…

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A violent and often destructive storm in which the wind moves very fast in a circular direction

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A violent tropical storm

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A cyclone swept across the island, killing several people.

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A severe flood.

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This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

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A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

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The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

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A heavy fall of rain.

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A sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains

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A lot of rain falling in a short time

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A lot of rain in a short time

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A very strong wind.

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I slept well despite the howling gales outside

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A very strong wind

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Hundreds of old trees were blown down in the gales.

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A storm of heavy hail.

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It means 500 percent more floods, mudslides, hailstorms, drought, ice storms and wildfires.

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A storm that produces hail (= balls of ice that fall like rain)

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A sudden heavy fall of hail

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A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the caribbean.

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A powerful hurricane hit the florida coast

proper noun

A single-seat, single-engined british fighter aircraft of the second world war, produced by the hawker company and remembered in particular for its role in the battle of britain along with the spitfire.

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A violent storm with strong circular winds of at least 72 miles (or 118 kilometers) per hour, esp. in the western atlantic ocean

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A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and se asia, blowing from the south-west between may and september and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the north-east between october and april (the dry monsoon ).

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The season of heavy rain, the wind that brings rain, or the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot asian countries

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A storm with heavy rain.

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El nino will lead to abnormal weather and the increase of tropical cyclones will bring more rainsto…

noun

A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.

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If the temperature rises during or after a snowstorm, it means heavier, wetter snow will be deposit…

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A storm that brings a lot of snow and usually strong winds

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A sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet.

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Low clouds and squalls of driving rain

verb

(of a baby or small child) cry noisily and continuously.

Usage examples:

Sarah was squalling in her crib

noun

A sudden, strong wind or brief storm, esp. over water

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Occasional rain squalls blow furiously across the sea.

noun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

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These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.

verb

Move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.

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She burst into tears and stormed off

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An extreme weather condition with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

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The storm left over a foot of snow on the ground., the new rent regulations raised a storm of criti…

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A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

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Tornadic thunderstorms can also produce waterspouts and downbursts.

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A rain storm with thunder and lightning

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A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

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These clouds often bring thunder and lightning, and can also bring funnel clouds or even tornadoes.

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A dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path as it moves across the ground

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A tropical storm in the region of the indian or western pacific oceans.

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There has been an observed and recorded link between the sea surface temperature and the frequency …

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A type of violent storm with strong circular winds that happens esp. in the pacific ocean