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downbursts

downbursts is the plural of downburst.

Meaning of downburst

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.

Questions about downbursts

What is downbursts the plural of?
Downbursts is the plural of downburst.

Words near downbursts in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downbursts (page history and authors); downburst (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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