wind surge

/ (wɪnd) /

noun

a wind-induced rise in the water level at the coast or the shore of an inland expanse of water. It has a definite frequency and if this is close to the tidal frequency serious flooding can result

Words Nearby wind surge

windstorm
windsucker
wind-sucking
windsurf
windsurfing
wind surge
wind-swept
wind tee
windtight
wind tunnel
wind turbine

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How to use wind surge in a sentence

Then a wind-surge rent the clouds and let me glimpse the blue sun-filled sky.
Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills
These conditions did not last long, for a wind-surge completely rent the clouds and gave me a glimpse of the blue, sun-filled sky.
The Spell of the Rockies | Enos A. Mills

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