violent storm
Britishnoun
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About 30 hours later, near Michigan’s Whitefish Point and during a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1975, the big ship broke apart and sank with its 29 men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
On the night of 11 January 2005, a family of five attempted to escape a violent storm battering their home on the island of South Uist.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
Over 20 people were left dead and scores wounded after violent storm packing high winds and heavy rains ripped through Southern and Midwestern sections of the United States, heading east on Saturday.
From Reuters ● Apr. 2, 2023
The Greek island of Tinos is said to be the birthplace of Aeolus, the Greek god who managed the violent storm winds, and was known in antiquity as the “island of the winds.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
Matt had the awful thought that Chacho had slipped to the bottom during the violent storm.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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