Meaning & use
hurricane
A powerful tropical storm with very strong winds, usually forming over warm ocean water.
See it in a sentence
Residents boarded up their windows before the hurricane made landfall.
The hurricane weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland.
A note on using this word
The same storm type is called a "hurricane" in the Atlantic, a "typhoon" in the Pacific, and a "cyclone" elsewhere.
Words with a similar meaning
cyclonetyphoon
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