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cyclone, storm, tempest, hurricane, tornado

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Noun

A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

English: storm, violent storm

Bahasa: badai, ribut, siklon, angin kencang, angin ribut

A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

English: hurricane

Bahasa: badai, ribut, angin topan

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A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

English: tornado, twister

Bahasa: angin puting beliung, puting beliung

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6 more noun senses

A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

English: typhoon

Bahasa: badai, taifun

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A storm consisting of violent winds

English: windstorm

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A violent commotion or disturbance

English: storm, tempest

Bahasa: keributan, ribut

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(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center, circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

English: cyclone

Bahasa: siklon

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A violent rotating windstorm

English: cyclone

Bahasa: siklon, angin puting beliung

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(literary) a violent wind

English: tempest

Bahasa: ribut

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