noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flood/gale/tornado warning
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A flood warning has been issued for the River Wye in Herefordshire.
blowing a gale
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Outside, the weather was blowing a gale .
gale force
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blowing gale-force
gale force/hurricane force winds (= very strong )
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He was buffeted by the gale force winds.
peals/hoots/gales of laughter (= a lot of loud laughter )
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This idea was greeted with hoots of laughter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
severe
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The severe gales in January 1983 were particularly devastating.
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A third of the recent records relate to birds found dead or dying inland after severe gales .
■ NOUN
force
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Frail souls and stronger can be dashed to the ground by gale force winds that blow for days on end.
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With the rain came a southerly wind, moderate at first but then steadily increasing until it built to gale force .
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As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
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By midnight the wind had strengthened to gale force , and in the darkness there was high drama.
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The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
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It was blowing with gale force right toward Congress and 50 state legislatures.
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The wind was increasing to gale force , and fast.
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But the wind was from the south, nearly gale force , and there was no holding back.
■ VERB
blow
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The winds of neo-liberalism are blowing a gale through Prague.
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It was blowing with gale force right toward Congress and 50 state legislatures.
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It was now blowing a near gale into the harbour, churning the once water into a mass of whitecaps.
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That night, the weather worsened, the wind blew up a gale , and it poured.
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In fact, when the spire was blown down during a gale , early in 1925, it was not replaced.
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On the few occasions when the wind was not blowing a gale , the fog descended like a shroud.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gale/hurricane force wind
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As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
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Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
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Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
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The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
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The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
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The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A howling gale and torrential rain lashed the windows.
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The fence was blown down in the gale last night.
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The ship sank in the gale .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Heavy rain driven by gales predicted for last night was forecast to continue for much of today.
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However, the weather may not be so good, and rain and gales are frequent.
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Rain, fog and mist are the acceptable accoutrements of northern gales.
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Ridge, hip and gable tiles are commonly displaced by gales, causing accumulation of debris in gutters, valleys and junctions.
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The autumn and winter gales had already begun.
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Up there to starboard, the Bering Sea whipped by arctic gales into choppy swells.