Windstorm
noun
A storm with strong winds but little or no rain.
Our house lost some shingles during the windstorm last night.
Often appears as...
- severe windstorm
- windstorm damage
noun
A storm with strong winds but little or no rain.
Our house lost some shingles during the windstorm last night.
Often appears as...
- severe windstorm
- windstorm damage
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Hazard
Windstorm refers to dangerous weather, potentially causing damage or requiring precautions.
Residents were warned to secure property ahead of the predicted windstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variations
Windstorms vary in strength; some can be mild while others are powerful enough to cause destruction.
The gentle windstorm knocked over potted plants, unlike last year's that uprooted trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Aftermath Focus
Use 'windstorm' when discussing the consequences rather than the precipitation of a storm.
The insurance company assessed the windstorm damage to our roof.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Hazard
Windstorm refers to dangerous weather, potentially causing damage or requiring precautions.
Residents were warned to secure property ahead of the predicted windstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variations
Windstorms vary in strength; some can be mild while others are powerful enough to cause destruction.
The gentle windstorm knocked over potted plants, unlike last year's that uprooted trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Aftermath Focus
Use 'windstorm' when discussing the consequences rather than the precipitation of a storm.
The insurance company assessed the windstorm damage to our roof.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Hazard
Windstorm refers to dangerous weather, potentially causing damage or requiring precautions.
Residents were warned to secure property ahead of the predicted windstorm.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variations
Windstorms vary in strength; some can be mild while others are powerful enough to cause destruction.
The gentle windstorm knocked over potted plants, unlike last year's that uprooted trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Aftermath Focus
Use 'windstorm' when discussing the consequences rather than the precipitation of a storm.
The insurance company assessed the windstorm damage to our roof.
Never forget "Windstorm"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
How to restore a...
fires are really the first thing to work on that was why I put it as a single point up there and you need the local people for that because these grasslands once they start burning it goes through it like a windstorm and you lose again the last bit of Ash and nutrients with the first rainfall going to the sea
Video examples
Willie Smits: How to...
for orangutans and people. So these fires are really the first things to work on. That was why I put it as a single point up there. And you need the local people for that because these grasslands, once they start burning ... It goes through it like a windstorm
Video examples
Surviving the Storm -...
which is a hurricane level windstorm. And it keeps getting worse. We actually had to abandon our camp and come and take refuge in the teepee with the Hailstones.
Video examples
How to restore a...
fires are really the first thing to work on that was why I put it as a single point up there and you need the local people for that because these grasslands once they start burning it goes through it like a windstorm and you lose again the last bit of Ash and nutrients with the first rainfall going to the sea
Video examples
Willie Smits: How to...
for orangutans and people. So these fires are really the first things to work on. That was why I put it as a single point up there. And you need the local people for that because these grasslands, once they start burning ... It goes through it like a windstorm
Video examples
Surviving the Storm -...
which is a hurricane level windstorm. And it keeps getting worse. We actually had to abandon our camp and come and take refuge in the teepee with the Hailstones.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
A. J. Buckley
Irish Actor
There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
Quote examples
Terrence Howard
American Actor
As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm.
Quote examples
A. J. Buckley
Irish Actor
There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
Quote examples
Terrence Howard
American Actor
As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm.
Example 1 of 2
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension