hurricane
/ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ verb C2- To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
- To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
- To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
- To swirl quickly and violently.
- To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
- To cause an uproar.
- To storm excessively; to fume and rage violently.
- To chase violently or rush after and force along.
He/she/it hurricanes · Past hurricaned · Past participle hurricaned · -ing form hurricaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- hurricane
- He/she/it
- hurricanes
- Past
- hurricaned
- Past participle
- hurricaned
- -ing form
- hurricaning
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This child of the desert was in his element, and with his black face and sparkling eyes appeared, in the cloud of dust he raised, like the genius of the simoom and the god of the hurricane.
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