superstorm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + storm.
Meanings
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A major storm (weather phenomenon).
Before the report’s arrival on Friday, the consequences of global warming had been epically imagined — New Orleans-style swampings by superstorms, the specter of an Arctic meltdown and a water gush that would block heat-toting currents in the Atlantic Ocean and trigger an abrupt European cool-down.
2007 February 4, Andrew C. Revkin, “A Disaster Epic (in Slo-Mo)”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| superstorms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |