- 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.
- A storm - A violent storm - Storm - Violent storm - Violent Wind - Wild storm - An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity
and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious
storm.
- ... as old boots - rough wild - Rugged - Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain;
as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. - Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm;
strong; as, tough sinews. - Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm. - Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.