storm centre
Britishnoun
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the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
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the centre of any disturbance or trouble
Example Sentences
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Were proper efforts made to avoid the storm centre?
From Time Magazine Archive
The barometer dropped to 28.94 in. as the storm centre passed nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
The missionary movement became a storm centre when Dr. R. E. Diffendorfer, fatherly secretary of the Methodist Board of Foreign Missions, beamed down from the platform and addressed someone as "my boy."
From Time Magazine Archive
But yet they denied last week that they were taking sides by sending Marines to the storm centre of the Diaz-Sacasa row.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was seen that the storm centre was now shifting over toward the American communications, but just where it would break forth was still a matter of conjecture.
From The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Samuel Adams Drake
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