Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sudden, violent downdraft of air over a small area. Microbursts are difficult to detect and predict with standard weather instruments and are especially hazardous to airplanes during landing or takeoff.
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Etymologies
- micro- + burst (Wiktionary)
Examples
“One of the storms produced what they call a microburst, with 80-mile-an-hour winds.”
“No matter how carefully you choose your tree, none can survive a tornado or wind-driven "microburst" -- so make sure to plant where it can never fall on your house or your neighbors '.”
“Curry called it a miracle that everyone on board made it into rafts and survived after the three-masted Concordia apparently experienced a weather phenomenon known as a "microburst" - a sudden, violent downdraft of wind - that instantly crippled the vessel Wednesday.”
“Curry said the three-masted Concordia apparently experienced a weather phenomenon known as a "microburst" - a sudden, violent downdraft of wind - that instantly crippled the vessel.”
“Curry called it a miracle that everyone on board made it into rafts and survived after the three-masted Concordia apparently experienced a "microburst" - a sudden, violent downdraft of wind - that instantly crippled the vessel Wednesday.”
“ADLER: Last August, a short, intense summer storm - called a microburst - downed more than 100 trees in the park.”
“BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Betty, a microburst is a rapid downdraft of cooler air coming down.”
“A microburst is a sudden, violent downdraft of air, kind of similar to a tornado.”
“In wind shear, you get something called a microburst, and let me show you what a microburst looks like.”
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Wind Shear Suspected in Singapore Airlines Crash - October 31, 2000
“Less than an hour's drive away, in Saint-Ludger-de-Milot, Environment Canada said it's still trying to figure out if the town was hit by a tornado, or a type of windstorm known as a microburst.”
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Airborn
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