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prehurricane

prehurricane adjective: occurring before a hurricane.

Adjective

prehurricane (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before a hurricane.
    • Still, upticks, if there are any, are imperceptible: the percentage of prehurricane gas and electric users who were getting service, for instance, remained the same between April and November 2006, the Brookings Institution reported last month.2007 January 21, Adam Nossiter, “New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size”, in New York Times

Antonyms of prehurricane

Origin of prehurricane

From pre- + hurricane.

Questions about prehurricane

What does prehurricane mean?
Prehurricane means occurring before a hurricane.
What part of speech is prehurricane?
Prehurricane is an adjective.

Words near prehurricane in the dictionary

  1. prehumiliation
  2. prehumous
  3. prehumously
  4. prehung
  5. prehunting
  6. prehurricane
  7. prehybridisation
  8. prehybridisations
  9. prehybridised
  10. prehybridization
  11. prehybridizations

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