θύελλα — meaning in English

English meaning

• blizzard noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
• storm noun A period of violent weather with strong winds and often rain, thunder, or snow.

Senses

θύελλα is used for these senses in English:

• blizzard (figuratively) A large number of similar things; especially, such a group arriving as an inundation, thick and fast.
• 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").

blizzard — full definition

1. noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
2. noun An overwhelming quantity of something arriving at once.

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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