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myrsky — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cyclone noun A large storm system with winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.
  • storm noun A period of violent weather with strong winds and often rain, thunder, or snow.
  • tempest noun A violent storm, especially one with fierce winds.
  • windstorm noun A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.

Senses

myrsky is used for these senses in English:

  • cyclone (informal) A strong wind.
  • storm (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
  • storm A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
  • tempest A storm, especially one with severe winds.
  • windstorm A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.

cyclone — full definition

  1. noun A large storm system with winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.
  2. noun A tropical storm of this kind, especially one occurring in the Indian Ocean or South Pacific.

storm — full definition

  1. noun A period of violent weather with strong winds and often rain, thunder, or snow.
  2. verb To move quickly and angrily.
  3. verb To attack and take a fortified place by force.

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