hurricane

English Thesaurus

1. a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	cyclone,
definition	:	a violent rotating windstorm (noun.phenomenon)

part meronym	:	beaufort scale, wind scale,
definition	:	an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) (noun.linkdef)