typhoon
noun/taɪˈfuːn/
/taɪˈfuːn/
- a violent tropical storm with very strong winds
- His home was destroyed in a typhoon.
Extra ExamplesTopics Weatherb2, The environmentb2- The plantation was devastated by a typhoon.
- Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters are frequent in that part of the Pacific.
- The hottest time of year coincides with the typhoon season.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytyphoon + verb- hit something
- strike something
- damage something
- …
- in a/the typhoon
Word Originlate 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’.Definitions on the go
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