Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob
Source: wiktionary
Duststorm
//ˈdʌst.stɔːm//
Synonyms for "duststorm" (3 found)
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33 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عَاصِفَة الْغُبَار noun (A storm of dust)
- عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة noun (A storm of dust)
Armenian
1 entries- փոշոտ փոթորիկ noun (A storm of dust)
Belarusian
1 entries- пы́льная бу́ра noun (A storm of dust)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 塵暴 /尘暴 noun (A storm of dust)
- 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴 noun (A storm of dust)
Danish
1 entries- støvstorm noun (A storm of dust)
Dutch
1 entries- stofstorm noun (A storm of dust)
Esperanto
1 entries- polvoŝtormo noun (A storm of dust)
Estonian
2 entries- liivatorm noun (A storm of dust)
- tolmutorm noun (A storm of dust)
French
1 entries- tempête de sable noun (A storm of dust)
German
2 entries- Sandsturm noun (A storm of dust)
- Staubsturm noun (A storm of dust)
Haryanvi
1 entries- अँधोड़ noun (A storm of dust)
Hebrew
1 entries- סופת חול noun (A storm of dust)
Hindi
2 entries- अंधड़ noun (A storm of dust)
- आँधी noun (A storm of dust)
Hungarian
1 entries- homokvihar noun (A storm of dust)
Japanese
2 entries- 砂塵嵐 noun (A storm of dust)
- 砂嵐 noun (A storm of dust)
Kazakh
1 entries- шаңды дауыл noun (A storm of dust)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- støvstorm noun (A storm of dust)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- støvstorm noun (A storm of dust)
Persian
1 entries- طوفانِ شِن noun (A storm of dust)
Polish
2 entries- burza piaskowa noun (A storm of dust)
- burza pyłowa noun (A storm of dust)
Portuguese
1 entries- tempestade de poeira noun (A storm of dust)
Russian
1 entries- пы́льная бу́ря noun (A storm of dust)
Spanish
2 entries- polvareda noun (A storm of dust)
- tormenta de polvo noun (A storm of dust)
Turkish
1 entries- toz fırtınası noun (A storm of dust)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пилова́ бу́ря noun (A storm of dust)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In the 1930s, duststorms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to countless farms.
Source: wiktionary
I saw a dust-storm at Kueichow which lasted for seven hours, burying some hovels and much agricultural country, and even producing a metamorphosis of the rocky bed of the Yangtze. Such storms have been observed as far east as Shanghai, but their occurrence at Kueichow shows that their area is not limited to the Great Plain or even to the region east of the mountain barrier between HUPEH and SZE CHUAN.
Source: wiktionary
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