dust storm
noun
1
: a dust-laden whirlwind that moves across an arid region and is usually associated with hot dry air and marked by high electrical tension
2
: strong winds bearing clouds of dust
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Motorists should not drive into a dust storm.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Thunderstorms of this type can also produce dust storms and intense downpours that lead to flash flooding, forecasters said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The original 30-meter-long, 15-meter-high installation, a black storm cloud representing the threat of global conflict, was ominously destroyed by a violent dust storm on the first day of the festival.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
One was Hawke’s conviction that Merle Haggard’s greatness and significance were being lost, obscured almost like the Oklahoma landscape in those dust storms of the 1930s.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Thunderstorms of this type can also produce dust storms and intense downpours that lead to flash flooding, forecasters said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The original 30-meter-long, 15-meter-high installation, a black storm cloud representing the threat of global conflict, was ominously destroyed by a violent dust storm on the first day of the festival.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
One was Hawke’s conviction that Merle Haggard’s greatness and significance were being lost, obscured almost like the Oklahoma landscape in those dust storms of the 1930s.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dust storm
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“Dust storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20storm. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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