HURRICANE


Meaning of HURRICANE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ major , powerful

HURRICANE + VERB

▪ hit sth , strike (sth)

A ~ hit the city yesterday at 5 p.m.

▪ come

We had been warned there was a ~ coming.

▪ damage sth , destroy sth , devastate sth

The fields were devastated by the ~.

▪ blow

The ~ blew ashore near San Fernando.

HURRICANE + NOUN

▪ force

hurricane-force winds

▪ warning

▪ damage , victim

▪ relief

▪ season

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

The roof blew off in a ~.

PHRASES

▪ the eye of the ~ (= the central point)

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