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storm-blast

storm-blast noun: a sudden, violent gust of wind or a localized, highly forceful storm.

Noun

storm-blast (plural storm-blasts)

  1. A sudden, violent gust of wind or a localized, highly forceful storm.
    • And now the storm-blast came, and he
      Was tyrannous and strong:
      He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
      And chased us south along.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    • Whirlwind of passing might that twists the stems with its storm-blasts1905, Nathan Haskell Dole, “Caius Valerius Catullus”, in The Latin Poets: An Anthology, page 87

Forms of storm-blast

pluralstorm-blasts

Questions about storm-blast

What does storm-blast mean?
Storm-blast means a sudden, violent gust of wind or a localized, highly forceful storm.
What part of speech is storm-blast?
Storm-blast is a noun.
What is the plural of storm-blast?
The plural of storm-blast is storm-blasts.

Words near storm-blast in the dictionary

  1. storm wind
  2. storm window
  3. storm windows
  4. storm-bird
  5. storm-birds
  6. storm-blast
  7. storm-chaser
  8. storm-chasers
  9. storm-cloud
  10. storm-clouded
  11. storm-clouds

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