MEANING
Describing winds strong enough to qualify as a gale, often powerful enough to buffet people or structures.
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Use for winds powerful enough to buffet a landscape or structure.Make weather physically disruptive and difficult to ignore.
Words that belong together
- gale-force wind
- gale-force gusts
- gale-force conditions
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Gale-force gusts drove the rain beneath the station doors.
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- gale-force
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Usage notes
Most commonly modifies wind, gusts, or conditions; it describes strength, not a named wind direction.
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