hurricane
/ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ sustantivo B1En español: huracán
- A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye. · Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane coastal residents braced for.
- A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes. · Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone· Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
- A great forceful onrush.
- A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
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On the Exchange there were hurricanes and landslides and snowstorms and glaciers and volcanoes, and those elemental disturbances were reproduced in miniature in the broker’s offices.
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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