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 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 Alonzo Hartman arrived in the valley on Christmas Day 1872, riding into a blizzard to take over a cow camp near the confluence of the Tomichi and Gunnison rivers. — Kevin Strong, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Right now, Chicago is facing a blizzard of incompetence. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blizzard

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Noun

The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2026
The storms moved through the region ahead of the morning commute, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for Johnson and Wyandotte counties, plus parts of Miami, Leavenworth, Cass and Jackson counties.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

The gore comes like a tide, shockingly for a mainstream studio wide release.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Oceanfront has long been treated as the aristocrat of waterfront living, prized for its horizon lines, lull of the tide and powerful symbolism of standing where land gives way.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of tide

Noun

In the Atlantic, stronger upper-level winds can disrupt developing storms, often reducing hurricane activity.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 7 July 2026
The center of Super Typhoon Bavi, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, was passing over Rota, an island of 2,000 people in the Northern Mariana Islands.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of hurricane

Noun

The race to determine who will replace Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee is beginning to take shape, after a stream of candidates stormed the race to take his place on the ballot.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Crews were able to reach the warehouse’s roof during their initial response but were forced to retreat when an ammonia line was compromised and a large stream of the chemical shot out, Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore told reporters.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of stream

Noun

One of the strongest super typhoons on the planet this year was striking the US Pacific Islands on Monday morning, the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The rapidly intensifying typhoon is expected to pass through the region Monday morning local time and potentially bring catastrophic damage to the territories in the Pacific Ocean, as Isla Public Media has reported.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 5 July 2026

Definition of typhoon

Noun

Meanwhile, Dondi’s son and son-in-law kept combing the flood area for objects, as did her husband, who also transported bins of things back to the warehouse and coached volunteers.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
And in 1993, after many more floods, the Mississippi swelled again, this time with memorable cruelty.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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