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S0416900 (sĭ-mo͞om′) also si·moon (-mo͞on′)n. A strong, hot, sand-laden wind of the Sahara and Arabian Deserts: "Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar" (James Joyce). Also called samiel.

[Arabic samūm, from samma, to poison, from Aramaic sammā, drug, poison; see śmm in Semitic roots.]

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n (Physical Geography) a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa. Also called: samiel [from Arabic samūm poisonous, from sam poison, from Aramaic sammā poison]

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n. a violent sandstorm occurring in the deserts of Africa and Asia.

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simoom - a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africasamiel, simoonair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

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see sandstormsandstorm,
strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststorm.
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a hot, dry, usually westerly or southwesterly wind in the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Simooms are violent squall-like winds of short duration and often carry large amounts of sand and dust. They are most common in spring and summer.

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[sə′müm] (meteorology) A strong, dry, dust-laden desert wind which blows in the Sahara, Israel, Syria, and the desert of Arabia; its temperature may exceed 130°F (54°C), and the humidity may fall below 10.

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, simoon a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

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noun a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

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