AIRFLOW Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

airflow

noun

Definition of airflow

as in blow

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calm

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Recent Examples of airflow Both the seat and backrest utilize Sihoo's FlexWeave mesh, which is designed to facilitate airflow while flexing with your body movements. — New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026 Miniature roses are highly susceptible to spider mites and need intense sunlight and precise airflow to avoid mildew. — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Aside from SealForce, the Roomba Max 875 cleans with an impressive 35,000 Pascals of suction and 20 liters per second of airflow. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026 Its unique airflow system creates a low-smoke fire in a sleek stainless steel pit. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airflow

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Noun

There have been plenty of in-game rotations, promising combinations, fluidity and creativity, but without the delivery of a final hammer blow.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The residents had sustained another blow when my friend, John Ahern, was a passenger on Pan Am Flight 103 that exploded on December 21, 1988 from a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of blow

Noun

New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Just over two weeks later, a storm with gale-force winds struck, and Halliburton, his partner Paul Mooney, and roughly 12 crewmen disappeared without a trace.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gale

Noun

Eachus studied the air temperature, heat indexes and peak temperatures for games at Texas, Tulsa, Alabama, Georgia, Nebraska and Iowa.

— Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Zelensky has previously stressed said that an acute shortage of air defense interceptors has left Ukraine vulnerable to ballistic missile attacks.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of air

Noun

Fleece rugbies are on offer alongside Denali full- and half-zips, and big puff is accounted for through a Pertex Nuptse.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Mamma’s chole, or chickpeas, become intensely infused, served with a golden puff of crispy poori bread, the recipe adapted from Sukhu Kalra’s mother, Virender Kaur.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of puff

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