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Tempest

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

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Commotion 76% connected

Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

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Disruption 76% connected

The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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Disturbance 76% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Flutter 76% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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kerfuffle 76% connected

A commotion or fuss

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To-do 76% connected

Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.

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Windstorm 76% connected

A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

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Tempestuous 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempest…

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Tempestuous 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempest…

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Storm 92% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Cyclone noun · 85% connection

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…

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Front noun · 85% connection

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

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Air noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Breeze noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Crack noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Crack cocaine noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Electric storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Electrical storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Gale noun · 85% connection

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

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Gentle wind noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Hurricane noun · 85% connection

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

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Rain noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Rainfall noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Sun noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunlight noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunshine noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Thunderstorm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Tornado noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Anemometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Beat verb · 78% connection

To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Besnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Booming adjective · 78% connection

Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Cancer noun · 78% connection

Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Current adjective · 78% connection

occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Downfall noun · 78% connection

the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Drift verb · 78% connection

To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extensive, current, wind, rushing, great.
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Driftwind noun · 78% connection

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

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Eagre noun · 78% connection

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…

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Extensive adjective · 78% connection

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake;…

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