Meanings
nounsuperhurricane (plural superhurricanes)
plural superhurricanes · alternative super hurricane · alternative super-hurricane
- climatologyA very intense hurricane.
The authors observed no tornadoes during a flight lasting more than two hours on 14 February 1988 over the Yukatan Peninsula after the landfall of extremely intense superhurricane Gilbert.
1991, The University of California, Soviet Meteorology and Hydrology: Issues 5-8, page 3
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