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hur·ri·cane (hʉr′i kān′, -kən)

noun

  1. a violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more miles per hour, often accompanied by torrential rains, and originating usually in the West Indian region: winds of hurricane force sometimes occur in the absence of a hurricane system
  2. anything like a hurricane in force and speed

Etymology: Sp huracán < WInd (Taino) huracan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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