windstorm
noun
wind·storm
ˈwin(d)-ˌstȯrm 
: a storm marked by high wind with little or no precipitation
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This 30-foot sign from the '50s collapsed during a windstorm in 2014 and was donated to the Mesa Preservation Foundation in 2019.
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 21 May 2025
Eight tornadoes were reported in north-central Illinois, and additional straight-line windstorm damage was reported near Chicago and Indianapolis.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
High winds worsened the devastation, with over 710 windstorm reports filed across central and eastern states.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Especially valuable for biodiversity are areas of regenerating forests that grow after fires or other disturbances such as windstorms, in places where live and dead trees in the disturbed forests have not been cut.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 21 May 2025
Eight tornadoes were reported in north-central Illinois, and additional straight-line windstorm damage was reported near Chicago and Indianapolis.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
High winds worsened the devastation, with over 710 windstorm reports filed across central and eastern states.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Especially valuable for biodiversity are areas of regenerating forests that grow after fires or other disturbances such as windstorms, in places where live and dead trees in the disturbed forests have not been cut.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windstorm. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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windstorm
noun
wind·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm
: a storm with strong wind and little or no rain
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