violent storm

Meanings

nounviolent storm (plural violent storms)

climatologyOn the Beaufort scale, a force-11 wind (56-63 knots)
informalclimatologyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see violent, storm., a severe weather event

nouna violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

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Broader

atmospheric phenomenon

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