Violent+gale

  • 1Gale — (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf.… …

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  • 2violent — [adj1] destructive agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, coercive, crazy, cruel, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal,… …

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  • 3gale — [n] violent storm blast, blow, burst, chinook, cyclone, hurricane, mistral, monsoon, outbreak, outburst, squall, tempest, tornado, typhoon, wind, windstorm; concepts 524,526 …

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  • 4Violent Is the Word for Curly — Infobox Film name = Violent Is the Word for Curly caption = director = Charley Chase writers = Al Giebler Elwood Ullman starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Bud Jamison Gladys Gale Dick Curtis Marjorie Deanne Pat Gleason Al Thompson… …

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  • 5gale — Synonyms and related words: air, black squall, blast, blaze, blizzard, blow, breeze, burst, convulsion, cooling breeze, cyclone, equinoctial, eruption, explosion, fit, flare up, gentle wind, gust, half a gale, heavy blow, howl, hurricane, ill… …

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  • 6gale — n. 1. (Poetical.) Wind, breeze, current of air. 2. Strong wind, violent wind, hard blow, storm, tempest, hurricane …

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  • 7gale — A strong or violent wind; technically, a wind of the velocity of from 35 or 40 to 75 or 80 miles per hour. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v Columbia, 65 Kan 390, 69 P 338. An older term for a license in real estate and the rent paid for such… …

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  • 8Topgallant gale — Gale Gale (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind, gola breeze …

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  • 9Saxby Gale — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Saxby. Saxby Gale …

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  • 10straight-line gale — noun 1. : a gale of several days duration blowing over the same region and from the same quarter 2. : a long streak of violent wind not related to any deflection of isobars …

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