typhoonnoun [ C ]
uk/taɪˈfuːn/us/taɪˈfuːn/a violent wind that has a circular movement, found in the West Pacific Ocean:
The 169,000-ton vessel went down during a typhoon in the South China Sea.
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow up
- bolt
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hailstorm
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- tempest
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundery
- twister
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