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blizzard Definition

bliz·zard (blizərd)

noun

  1. a severe snowstorm characterized by cold temperatures and heavy drifting of snow
  2. an overwhelming number or amount; deluge

Etymology: ? < dial. bliz, violent blow; ? akin to Ger blitz, lightning

blizzard Synonyms

blizzard

n.

snowstorm, snow squall, tempest, blast; see storm 1.

blizzard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rage: This event, a Winter Pairs match, was fished in a raging blizzard with a north wind to help cool things down.
  • drive: In a driving blizzard, with his inexperienced helper ( Patrick Holt ), they seek shelter in a log cabin.
  • have: Tonight ( March 13, 1997 ) we are having a blizzard!
  • blow: To find the summit shelter in a full blown blizzard is very reassuring.
  • cause: This makes it snow on Earth and if it is done too roughly, it could cause blizzards!

Converse of subject

  • hit: No blizzard of virus attacks Linux systems are not hit by the blizzard of virus attacks typically associated with other software.

Adjective modifier

  • bad: Here's an example of what we get up to: It was the worst blizzard in sixty years.
  • great: On Thursday 27th February we at last managed to piece together the Secret Science we were denied by the great blizzard on 30th January.
  • white-out: Suddenly, the weather deteriorated and they were hit by a white-out blizzard.
  • severe: A farmer and his family were trapped in their house in mid winter during the height of a severe blizzard.
  • fierce: Today, it is largely barren, hampered by swamps and salt lakes and prone to fierce blizzards.
  • bitter: Before long the hunter was caught in a bitter blizzard, the wind sweeping across the bare tussocks blasting the snow horizontally before it.

Modifies a noun

  • condition: A massive search by many teams in blizzard conditions.
  • warning: A 125-mile corridor from Colorado Springs to the New Mexico line was under a blizzard warning.

Noun used with modifier

  • snow: When we were at last out there was a hailing snow blizzard and everything iced up ( hair, ladder etc.
  • winter: Hatch and Lindsey Harrison have a car accident during a winter blizzard and they are thrown into an icy river.
  • whiteout: Meanwhile, I watched other bike, foot and ski racers appear from the Dalzell Gorge with tales of waist-deep snow and whiteout blizzards.
  • freezing: Most of episode two takes place in the middle of a freezing blizzard.

Preposition: of

  • snow: Just add water to create an erupting blizzard of snow any time or anywhere.
  • acronym: The next will be an explanation of the blizzard of acronyms on their covers.

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