hurricanes

noun

plural of hurricane
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor

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Recent Examples of hurricanes The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 At least three hurricanes have developed in the central and eastern Pacific since July, including Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve, which generated life-threatening waves, strong rip currents and high surf warnings for Southern California. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Those include floods and hurricanes and threats posed by hazardous materials. — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 Unlike camera-ready disasters—hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires—blistering temperatures rarely produce images dramatic enough to go viral. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Insurers and reinsurers use it to assess risk of losses from major events like hurricanes, fires and large-scale accidents. — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 There were delays, including some caused by three hurricanes — the Charley, Frances and Jeanne era — that battered the area. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 Four storms are expected to become hurricanes, with one becoming a major hurricane of Category 3 or higher. — Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 But the Atlantic seems unlikely to turn into Grand Central Station, with hurricanes tracking hither and thither with hyper intensities. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurricanes
  1. disturbances
  2. commotions
  3. storms
  4. stirs
  5. turmoils
  6. noises
Noun
  • More storms in the Pacific The hurricane center also is watching two other disturbances that could become storms in the Eastern Pacific.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Kp index measures disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field on a scale from zero to nine, and NOAA’s latest advisory calls for activity below minor-storm levels.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbances
Noun
  • Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of commotions
Noun
  • Expect some showers and storms in the Twin Cities on Thursday before quieter weather returns for the weekend.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The airport posted a handful of photos showing the aftermath of the storms.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of storms
Noun
  • Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of stirs
Noun
  • About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of turmoils
Noun
  • Arizona, which will experience the biggest cuts, has previously made noises about opting for a legal route and authorities have criticized federal plans for the river.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • However, the loud noises and the large audience left him feeling shy, so zoo-goers only got a small taste of what’s coming in the next few months.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of noises

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