violent storm

noun

1. a wind of force 11 on the Beaufort scale, reaching speeds of 64–72 mph

Example Sentences

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.

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Record-breaking heat and violent storms wreaked havoc across the tournament.

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Ingram was sailing on the ship with his son when a violent storm broke out on the night of 8 September 1860.

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I know too well, how unpredictable spring weather can be — capricious even — with sudden violent storms and winds that shake the rafters.

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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.

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