as in thunderstorms
a storm with a large amount of falling snow
An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.
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Recent Examples of snowstorms
The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
The publication forecast frequent snowstorms for New England, mixed rain and snow along the Atlantic coast, classic winter conditions for the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and North Central states, and significant mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
The publication forecast frequent snowstorms for New England, mixed rain and snow along the Atlantic coast, classic winter conditions for the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and North Central states, and significant mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorms
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But conventional solar and wind installations are no match for temperatures that plummet below –40 degrees Celsius, winds of up to 300 kilometers per hour (kmh) and ferocious blizzards.—
You Xiaoying,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a wave of recent winter weather alerts across the country, with some areas facing whiteout conditions during blizzards and power outages.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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Florida, surrounded by water, has seen the centers of 324 hurricanes and tropical storms pass within 50 miles since 1950.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the last ten years, Truchelut said, there’s been an uptick in intense, damaging hurricanes churning through the Gulf at the close of the season.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Snowstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorms. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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