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downburst

downburst noun: a powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.

Noun

downburst (plural downbursts)

  1. A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.

downburst meaning in Tamil

downburst in Tamil

கீழ் வெடிப்பு

Forms of downburst

pluraldownbursts

Origin of downburst

From down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and Japanese and American meteorologist Tetsuya T. Fujita in November 1975.

Questions about downburst

What does downburst mean?
Downburst means a powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
What is downburst in Tamil?
Downburst in Tamil is கீழ் வெடிப்பு. See Downburst meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is downburst?
Downburst is a noun.
What is the plural of downburst?
The plural of downburst is downbursts.

Words near downburst in the dictionary

  1. downbound
  2. downbow
  3. downbowed
  4. downbowing
  5. downbows
  6. downburst
  7. downbursts
  8. downcall
  9. downcalled
  10. downcalling
  11. downcalls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downburst (page history and authors); downburst (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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