gusts

noun

plural of gust
1
as in blows
a sudden brief rush of wind a gust tore her umbrella from her grip and blew it down the street

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2
as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling the stressed-out coworker cried out with a gust of emotion that we had never witnessed before

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Recent Examples of gusts Severe weather cut power to nearly 1 million customers in the Midwest as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Storms swept across the Mid-Atlantic Monday afternoon ushering in damaging wind gusts. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 While temperatures across Spain remained high, some parts of the country were expecting thunderstorms Monday afternoon that could bring strong gusts of wind. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Residents can expect winds to be west to northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph and minimum humidity 10 to 15%. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Fire crews from Southern California have been dispatched to help battle more than a dozen wildfires across Washington state that are being fueled by dry conditions and strong gusts. — Jessica Hullinger, TheWeek, 3 Aug. 2026 The main threats from the stronger storms are damaging wind gusts and hail up to quarter-sized, the weather service said. — Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 The storm, with wind gusts to 50 mph and pea sized hail, moved northeast at 10 mph, the service said in a weather statement. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gusts
  1. blows
  2. explosions
  3. breezes
  4. bursts
  5. tornadoes
  6. outbursts
  7. flurries
  8. eruptions
Noun
  • Former boxer Prichard Colón has died at age 33, 11 years after sustaining life-altering blows to the head during the only defeat of his professional career.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some encouraging blows for common sense were struck by primary voters to our north on Tuesday, on both sides of the aisle.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • Small explosions happen within the park every few years and generally present localized dangers.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this summer in Germany, evacuations were ordered in record-breaking heat after a wildfire triggered explosions in a nature reserve strewn with leftover ordnance from World War II.
    — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of explosions
Noun
  • Northerly breezes will knock the humidity levels down a bit with dewpoint temps in the mid-60s.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The region’s mild climate and coastal breezes encourage an effortless indoor-outdoor lifestyle.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of breezes
Noun
  • Scientists are curious about the sun’s inner workings to better track massive bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections that can hurl toward Earth.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The engines, adapted from those used in the company’s heavy machinery, mix pressurized hydrogen gas with air and ignite it to create bursts of power.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bursts
Noun
  • Earlier this week, severe storms wreaked havoc across other parts of the Midwest, causing tornadoes, heavy rains and flash flooding.
    — NBC News, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • With four months left in the year, though, Borchadt believes Illinois may top Texas’s all-time record of 244 tornadoes in 2015.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tornadoes
Noun
  • The outbursts helped relieve some pressure, but Nakashima tightened up as the prospect of making his first Masters 1000 final neared.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The McKinney City Council voted late Wednesday night to approve a site plan for a new mosque after a marathon meeting marked by outbursts and hours of public comment.
    — Trevor Sochocki, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of outbursts
Noun
  • The past 14 years have included some flurries of diplomatic contact between Iran and the West.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • There is even a remote possibility for a few flurries in the highest peaks of the Sierra on Saturday and Sunday nights with temps briefly below freezing.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of flurries
Noun
  • Consider the latest eruptions that happened within hours of each other a few days ago, when the league quickly rescinded a technical foul assessed to Clark that would have put her at the threshold for a suspension.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Since Yellowstone’s last caldera-forming event, the region has experienced approximately 80 comparatively nonexplosive eruptions, most of which produced lava flows.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of eruptions

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