hurricane

CEFRC1

/ˈhʌɹɪkən/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.

In context

The victims of the hurricane have not tasted food for three days.
Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane.

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An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
2013 March 26, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114
While thus employed, Mrs. Winthrop hurricaned into the room, and having received explanations, hurricaned forth again to tell her husband how dreadfully thoughtless his arrangement was, since Frank would have to take Miss Allenby into dinner.
1911, Edward Frederic Benson, Account Rendered, page 24
They must have told him I was ready for visitors; he hurricaned into the room, slung a chair away from the wall and banged it down next to the bed.
2014, Harlan Ellison, Children of the Streets
The Super nodded wisely, 'I agree, constable. See to it, Forbes!' and with that hurricaned out.
2022, Bill Watson, Judokill
Angela Stripe was a force of nature. Bold and brave and brassy in a warm way, she never breezed in, she hurricaned.
2023, Rick Broadbent, Now Then: A Biography of Yorkshire

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Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.