English words for 'plural of cyclone'
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- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
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- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
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- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
- (meteorology) Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
- of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm
- of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
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- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
verb
- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
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- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
- (meteorology) Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
- of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm
- of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center