prehurricane en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + hurricane.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring before a hurricane.
Still, upticks, if there are any, are imperceptible: the percentage of prehurricane gas and electric users who were getting service, for instance, remained the same between April and November 2006, the Brookings Institution reported last month.
2007 January 21, Adam Nossiter, “New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size”, in New York Times: