BLIZZARD Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

blizzard

noun

Definition of blizzard

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 The air in the bedroom instantly became a blizzard of trash. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 On a day when the Northeast and Midwest were buried by a blizzard, CBS aired the first live, flag-to-flag coverage of a 500-mile NASCAR race — the Daytona 500. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blizzard

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Noun

The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.

— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

Incoming tides from the Adriatic Sea continually replenish oxygen and bring in saltwater that the females need to reproduce.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The rhythm is dictated by the tide, instead of by game-drive schedules, and many of the most memorable encounters happen while snorkeling, scuba diving, or simply watching the ocean from the dunes.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of tide

Noun

SpaceX officials did not say how many engines failed to start during the ignition sequence, but a graphic of engine status on SpaceX’s live video stream indicated four of the 33 engines never ignited.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
But hey, YouTube and a cruddy degradation stream can rock too.

— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026

Definition of stream

Noun

Earlier, at least 17 people were killed in the southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides that were set off by seasonal monsoon rains that Bavi intensified before the typhoon blew away toward Taiwan, Philippine officials said Saturday.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
China’s National Meteorological Center issued an orange typhoon alert, the second-highest on a four-tier level, with many schools and ferry services suspended.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of typhoon

Noun

Others, like Shim’s Be Blessed Catering & Food Trailer, have shown up with food, giving away over 1,000 sandwiches to flood survivors.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
And yet, despite the flood of options, there’s even more to come, including a new addition to Ja Morant’s ever-expanding cache of Air Force 1 styles.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 July 2026

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