hurricane

Definition of Hurricane in English :

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Noun

1. hurricane

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hurricane

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noun

1.

a severe, often destructive storm, esp a tropical cyclone

2.

a.

a wind of force 12 or above on the Beaufort scale

b.

(as modifier)

a wind of hurricane force

3.

anything acting like such a wind

Hurricane

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noun

1.

a violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more miles per hour, often accompanied by torrential rains, and originating usually in the West Indian region: winds of hurricane force sometimes occur in the absence of a hurricane system

see the Beaufort scale in the Reference Supplement

2.

anything like a hurricane in force and speed

Hurricane

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n.

1. A severe tropical cyclone having winds greater than 64 knots (74 miles per hour; 119 kilometers per hour), originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.

2. A wind with a speed greater than 64 knots (74 miles per hour; 119 kilometers per hour per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

3. Something resembling a hurricane in force or speed.

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