hurricane.

A powerful tropical cyclone in the Atlantic or eastern and central North Pacific, with sustained winds of at least about 74 miles per hour.

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Words that belong together

• hurricane-force winds
• hurricane landfall

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The hurricane reached the coast before dawn.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular hurricane; plural hurricanes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.