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Sandstorm   /sˈændstˌɔrm/   Listen
Sandstorm

noun
1.
A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.  Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco.





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"Sandstorm" Quotes from Famous Books



... what I had not seen in my nine months' Saharan travel, a veritable sandstorm. The wind so filled the air with sand, that we could hardly see, or get on groping our way, and we were obliged to hold on our camels, for fear of being blown off. Our poor slaves shrunk back aghast from the tempest, whilst the sea now and then broke open upon them ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson


Words linked to "Sandstorm" :   windstorm, dust storm


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