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

Is the website relevant to the hurricane
The hurricane steadily increased in savagery.
The second hurricane was the most destructive.
The hurricane turned to the northeast and weakened.
At the time, the hurricane was the strongest storm of the season.
Hurricane Donna was the most destructive hurricane of the season.
It was the final storm of the hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
The hurricane was the strongest storm of the season and caused 26 deaths.
The theater flooded in the Hurricane Katrina levee failure disaster of 2005.
Hurricane Sandy's economic effects are reverberating beyond areas hit by the storm.