The meaning of Typhoon

noun

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 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.

noun

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 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

noun

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 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 swindler; a dishonest person.

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She's a back-stabbing, double-dealing twister

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A dangerous wind storm; a tornado

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A column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape.

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They can cause dust devils and whirlwinds, though these are nothing when compared to the immense du…

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A storm with strong winds that move in a circle

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The film created a whirlwind of controversy., a whirlwind tour

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A storm with very strong wind but little or no rain or snow; a gale.

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Besides genetics, factors that keep most eastern old growth from soaring to the skies are thin, roc…