as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter
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Recent Examples of gale
The area was also hit by subfreezing temperatures and gale force winds.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
But at every step, heavy snow, low visibility and gale-force winds beat them back.
—Megan Fan Munce, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Rapid snowfall combined with gale-force winds created unstable snowpack conditions.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Authorities described a dangerous rescue operation carried out in gale-force winds and whiteout conditions, with the risk of additional slides looming overhead.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
But at every step, heavy snow, low visibility and gale-force winds beat them back.
—Megan Fan Munce, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Rapid snowfall combined with gale-force winds created unstable snowpack conditions.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Authorities described a dangerous rescue operation carried out in gale-force winds and whiteout conditions, with the risk of additional slides looming overhead.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gale
Noun
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Nam said the cause was not immediately known, but the blaze appeared to have spread rapidly, with witnesses reporting an explosion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Heavy explosions shook Dubai early Friday as air defenses intercepted incoming fire over the city, where people were observing Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, and mosques made the day's first call to prayers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For a burst of contrasting sweetness, toss in some pomegranate seeds along with a drizzle of hot honey and a tuft of fresh mint too.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Booker led the Longhorns out of the break with the third-quarter burst that quickly settled the outcome.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Wind speeds were blowing at 12 mph in Grant, with gusts up to 29 mph, and Fairplay was seeing winds at 21 mph with gusts of up to 38 mph at the time of the closure, according to AccuWeather.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
17 Mar. 2026
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Another round of snow and gusts Monday could bring another foot of snow across Michigan's Upper Peninsula.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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While presenting at the British Academy Film Awards earlier this month, Jordan and co-star Delroy Lindo were called a racial slur by Tourette’s activist John Davidson during a tic outburst.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Similar scoring outbursts from the Case Western Reserve recruit were not forthcoming, of course.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Dosa earned an Academy Award nomination for 2022’s Fire of Love, the story of vulcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft who furthered the world’s understanding of intense geological forces, but whose lives were claimed in a volcanic eruption.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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Here’s what witnesses said about the eruption.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Suarez testified that agents found bullet casings on a mattress and on the floor, along with three boxes of ammunition and a flash-bang device, which can temporarily disorient people with a loud blast and bright flash.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The truck, Prager realized with a sick flash of terror, had been rented under his name.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Wagner also mentioned the liability from the Airport fire, with the county paying $89 million so far to resolve at least 400 claims from the blaze that was started by a work crew moving boulders.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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After extinguishing the blaze, Murrieta Fire & Rescue crews found the two girls and six pets dead inside.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Officials say the storm brought 2 to 4 feet of snow across Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The country, which is the biggest island in the Caribbean, has also been hit by Category 5 storms, most recently with Hurricane Irma in 2017, which killed at least 10 people, according to the Herald’s archives.—
David Goodhue
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Gale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gale. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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