Synonyms for hurricane

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hur-i-keyn, huhr- or, esp. British, -kuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr ɪˌkeɪn, ˈhʌr- or, esp. British, -kən

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Définition of hurricane

Origin : 1550s, a partially deformed adoptation from Spanish huracan (Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, "Historia General y Natural de las Indias," 1547-9), furacan (in the works of Pedro Mártir De Anghiera, chaplain to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and historian of Spanish explorations), from an Arawakan (W. Indies) word. In Portuguese, it became furacão. For confusion of initial -f- and -h- in Spanish, see hacienda. The word is first in English in Richard Eden's "Decades of the New World":
These tempestes of the ayer (which the Grecians caule Tiphones ...) they caule furacanes.
OED records 39 different spellings, mostly from the late 16c., including forcane, herrycano, harrycain, hurlecane. Modern form became frequent from 1650, established after 1688. Shakespeare uses hurricano ("King Lear," "Troilus and Cressida"), but in reference to waterspouts.

noun violent windstorm

Example sentences :

The rain, falling in a deluge, was driven by a wind like a hurricane.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The wind swelled to a hurricane, and the rain dashed like a flood against the glass.
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

If the hurricane swept away our tent, I dont know where we should find it again.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

It was like a hurricane of delirium rushing by and laying every head in the dust.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The hurricane, the most furious ever felt in the province, lasted three days.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Delaherche had more to say of his hurricane of shot and shell.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Jean burst like a hurricane into the Rue du Bac with the few men of his squad.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

And Eben, my husband, went down with his vessel in a hurricane off Hatteras.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

You're probably off on a hurricane jaunt from one end of the Continent to the other.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And am I to be honoured with a commission from the Hurricane?
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

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