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Noun: violent storm
  1. A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
    "The violent storm forced evacuations along the coast";
    - storm

Derived forms: violent storms

Type of: atmospheric phenomenon

Part of: Beaufort scale, wind scale

Encyclopedia: Violent storm