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microbursts

microbursts is the plural of microburst.

Meaning of microburst

Noun

microburst (plural microbursts)

  1. A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds and powerful wind shear.
    • This resulted in the aircraft’s encounter at low altitude with a microburst-induced, severe wind shear from a rapidly developing thunderstorm located on the final approach course.1986 August 15, National Transportation Safety Board, “Synopsis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Delta Air Lines, Inc., Lockheed L-1011-385-1, N726DA, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas...

Questions about microbursts

What is microbursts the plural of?
Microbursts is the plural of microburst.

Words near microbursts in the dictionary

  1. microbundle
  2. microbundles
  3. microburin
  4. microburins
  5. microburst
  6. microbursts
  7. microbus
  8. microbuses
  9. microbusiness
  10. microbusinesses
  11. microbusinessman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microbursts (page history and authors); microburst (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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