whirlblast
Definitions
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- noun A whirlwind.
Examples
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There is a fixity of grief which is more appalling than this whirlblast; the souls that are wedged in ice occupy a lower circle in the region of sorrow than those which are driven before the gale.
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Vast towers of sand, borne up by the whirlblast, rise vertically to the sky.
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But now, how easily might these, dashing out on Lafayette, snatch off the Hereditary Representative; and roll away with him, after the manner of a whirlblast, whither they listed!
Note
The word 'whirlblast' is a compound of 'whirl' and 'blast'.
