hurricane

IPA: hˈɝʌkeɪn

A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
(meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm.
(figurative) A great forceful onrush.
(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina.
A city in Washington County, Utah.
A city in Putnam County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin.
(historical) A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.

Examples of "hurricane" in Sentences

I use the term hurricane to point out some failures and reactions.
By the way, the word hurricane comes from the Caribbean god of evil, hurican.
However, that does not mean that the federal response AFTER the hurricane is any better by comparison.
The term hurricane denotes a tropical cyclone whose maximum sustained wind speed is at least 74 miles per hour.
In the Nothern hemisphere, the term hurricane is usually used to describe the kind of storm that recently hit Myanmar.
I knew he was a chicken-shit when he hid behind his pet goat at 9/11 but hiding behind kids during a hurricane is the lowest he can get.
It's not as if the hurricane is an hour away from hitting and it's either the dog's life or the old lady, each vying for the last spot on the bus.
This hurricane is acting like it's working for the Fitzgerald investigation; no one seems to know where it's going to go and what it's going to do.
Environmentalists, meanwhile, are hoping the measures will slow down development in sensitive areas, and business groups have hailed the reinsurance bill as an important step in reducing what they call "hurricane taxes," the assessments on consumers and businesses to pay off posthurricane bonds.