tempête de vent

Definitions of tempête de vent
  1. noun
    a storm consisting of violent winds
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    cyclone
    a violent rotating windstorm
    sirocco, tempête de sable
    a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
    tempête, tornade
    (literary) a violent wind
    tourbillon
    a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
    ouragan
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
    tempête, tornade
    a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
    typhon
    a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
    type of:
    orage
    a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
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