dust storm
noun
an occurrence of strong winds permeating the air with fine particles of dust over an extensive area of normally arable land during a period of drought.
duststorm
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a variation of
dust storm.
Example Sentences
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President Barack Obama flew out of Israel in a duststorm on Friday, leaving behind a trail of symbolic gestures and fine oratory that should help preserve the status quo at a time of regional upheaval.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2013
Banners fluttered their welcome in the gritty, sandy wind that blows through Cairo at the start of the duststorm season.
From Time Magazine Archive
But now they were paying mostly cash; Kansans remember all too well the disasters of mortgage foreclosures in the early '30s and after the duststorm years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead he plans to create a "duststorm" of diversions, foremost among them a tightening of the international arms and oil embargo.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I had been alone I would have paid no heed to them, so concerned was I with finding some direction in the strange duststorm.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
