DOWNBURST

Specialty Definition: DOWNBURST

Domain	Definition
Weather	A strong downdraft resulting in an outward burst of damaging winds on or near the ground. Downburst winds can produce damage similar to a strong tornado. Although usually associated with thunderstorms, downbursts can occur with showers too weak to produce thunder. See dry and wet microburst. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: DOWNBURST

Specialty definitions using "DOWNBURST": Derecho ♦ HP Storm or HP Supercell ♦ Microburst. (references)

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Photo Album: DOWNBURST

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	Flooding associated with downburst. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).		Project Vortex - on the fringe of a downburst. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DOWNBURST

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
downburst	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: DOWNBURST

Derivations
	Words beginning with "DOWNBURST": downbursts. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DOWNBURST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-n-o-r-s-t-u-w"
	-1 letter: rubdowns.
	-2 letters: burtons, obtunds, rubdown.
	-3 letters: bounds, bourns, browns, brunts, bundts, burton, donuts, doubts, drowns, obtund, robust, rotund, rounds, stound, stroud, strown, suborn, sunbow, swound, turbos, untrod, wounds.
	-4 letters: bonds, bonus, borts, bosun, bound, bourn, bouts, brown, brows, brunt, bunds, bundt, bunts, burds, burns, burnt, burst, donut, doubt, downs, drown, drubs, dunts, durns, duros.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-n-o-r-s-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: downbursts.
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