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Definition of Downbursts
1. downburst [n] - See also: downburst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downbursts
Literary usage of Downbursts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1903)
"... or two small transient swamps.2 Except for a brief interval after heavy
downbursts of rain, water does not run above ground outside the Wady Abu Nar. ..."
2. World Weather Extremes by Pauline Riordan (1994)
"231 " TT Fujita, "Tornadoes and downbursts in the Context of Generalized Planetary
Scales", J Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 1511-34, Aug 81. ..."
3. Feeling Psychologically Treated, and Prolegomena to Psychology by Denton Jaques Snider (1905)
"... the Under-Self and downbursts of the Over-Self, into this middle realm which
separates from these two Selves. The sub-conscious and the supra-conscious ..."
4. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"Another potentially serious problem is blowdown by tornados and downbursts.
At present these destroy about 10% as much forest as fire, roughly 0.02% ..."
5. Silviculture: From the Crane of Forestry to Ecosystem Management edited by Louise H. Foley (1998)
"On the other hand, areas over 150 miles from the coast are essentially immune
from such destructive wind (excluding downbursts associated with local storms ..."
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