windstorm

noun

Definition of windstormnext
as in tornado

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Recent Examples of windstorm Nine years ago, after paying off his mortgage, Baez decided to go without windstorm insurance altogether. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026 Wildfire season is just beginning in the West, but firefighting resources are already strained following a windstorm last week that sent flames racing through Great Basin states mired in drought. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 July 2026 In reality, flood insurance must be purchased separately from both homeowners and hurricane windstorm policies. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 1 June 2026 Bass accused Crowley of leadership failures during the January 2025 windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades fire, and also accused her of refusing to prepare an after-action report on the firefight. — City News Service, Daily News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for windstorm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
  1. tornado
  2. blow
  3. gale
  4. gust
  5. tempest
  6. squall
Noun
  • Forecasters are also tracking severe thunderstorms across parts of the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic that could bring damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and flash flooding, potentially affecting holiday travel and evening fireworks displays.
    — Erin McGarry, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Through July 4, there is also a risk of hail, lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts and tornadoes in the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic westward to the Plains region.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of tornado
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  • Vingegaard’s victory at the Giro d’Italia in May, allied with Wout Van Aert’s cathartic win at Paris-Roubaix, has delivered two key objectives but the surprise departure of head of racing Grischa Niermann to Lidl-Trek was a blow.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • The United States is also facing gale-force productivity headwinds, such as the aging of the population and the relentlessly rising cost of health care, education, and housing.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • His football outing on ITV was perfectly good value, even if there was the near-instant karma of an off-camera Brooklyn gale threatening to blow the set down.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of gale
Noun
  • More than 75 million were in the threat zone for severe storms in the coming hours, stretching across parts of the Plains into the Northeast, with the primary hazard being damaging wind gusts.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Storms in southeastern New England and the Mid-Atlantic could cause damaging wind gusts, torrential rain and potential flash flooding July 5, AccuWeather meteorologists said.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of gust
Noun
  • In Homer’s Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus must overcome tempests, temptations, mythical monsters, and divine wrath to sail home to the island of Ithaca after the Trojan War.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
  • You're used to a bit of spontaneity, but this tempest is going to draw extra frustrations around your income, finances, or money matters.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
Definition of tempest
Noun
  • Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • The brief tornado spun up inside a squall line of thunderstorms and damaged several power poles and large limbs.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Definition of squall

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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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