1
as in thunderstorm
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow
Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.
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as in tide
an overwhelming influx or flow of something
The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.
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Recent Examples of blizzard
Winter weather also poses a hazard, by making roads slick and at times creating blizzard conditions that can significantly reduce visibility.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The visions ultimately lead her and Finn to Alpine Lake, a Christian camp located in the Rocky Mountains, where they naturally get stranded during a fierce blizzard.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The heavy blizzard dropped around three feet of snow in the Gama Valley of Tibet last Friday and Saturday, according to reporting.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Hundreds trapped in the Himalayas About 200 people remain stranded near Mount Everest after a weekend blizzard blanketed the area during its busiest season of the year.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The visions ultimately lead her and Finn to Alpine Lake, a Christian camp located in the Rocky Mountains, where they naturally get stranded during a fierce blizzard.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The heavy blizzard dropped around three feet of snow in the Gama Valley of Tibet last Friday and Saturday, according to reporting.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Hundreds trapped in the Himalayas About 200 people remain stranded near Mount Everest after a weekend blizzard blanketed the area during its busiest season of the year.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzard
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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With summer kicking off, the occasional thunderstorm to start the day is inevitable this time of year in Florida.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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To have the chance to turn the tide.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fully understanding how weather, flows, tides, and a plethora of other factors will help or hurt a bite are probably beyond your novice’s experience level.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons and Kalmaegi made landfall as the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane – the 20th named storm to impact the country this year, according to local officials.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some of this, of course, is related to fires in California and hurricanes in the southeast that destroyed an enormous amount of utility infrastructure.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The stream looks like a simple water feature, but below the surface, an endangered desert fish species is being protected from extinction.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Based on his calculations, the impactor was likely part of the Taurid meteor stream, striking the moon at a velocity of 27 km/s (60,000 mph) and an angle of 35 degrees.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The typhoon is forecast to make landfall on Thursday night in Vietnam’s central regions, which have already suffered heavy floods that killed at least 40 people and left six others missing over the past week.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Then, a month after Sheen settled in, a typhoon destroyed over half of the sets created for the film, causing production to halt once again.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Within minutes, we were deluged in an avalanche of furious comments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, some spent two months that winter living in the woods and weathering a rare snowstorm.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Several snowstorms have already impacted the Northern United States this season.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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In addition to preserving natural ecosystems and the sustainable fisheries that depend on them, reefs may help to protect coastlines from storms and floods, which will become ever more urgent as climate change and rising sea levels give rise to more dangerous storms.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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The death toll from heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, the government said Friday, as residents of the flooded city of Hoi An started cleanup operations as the water levels began to subside.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzard. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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