| violent storm n. A wind with a speed ranging from 56 to 63 knots (64 to 72 miles per hour; 104 to 117 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. |
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| Noun | 1. |  violent storm - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightningstorm center, storm centre - the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere firestorm - a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area noreaster, northeaster - a storm blowing from the northeast hailstorm - a storm during which hail falls ice storm, silver storm - a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice rainstorm - a storm with rain electric storm, electrical storm, thunderstorm - a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning windstorm - a storm consisting of violent winds Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) |
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