- Violent tropical storm - Windstorm - A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and
sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder,
and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies.
Also used figuratively.
- For example, Tracy cloned in part - Violent tropical storm - Windstorm - A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by
high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure.
This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty
miles an hour.