blizzards

noun

plural of blizzard
1
as in thunderstorms
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.

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2
as in tides
an overwhelming influx or flow of something The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.

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Recent Examples of blizzards On location for the night shoots, blizzards, and allergic reactions that went into making Primetime. — Sinna Nasseri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 When Arctic air meets a moisture-rich storm system, the combination can produce snowstorms and blizzards. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Her severe weather coverage includes tornado outbreaks, major blizzards and winter storms, significant lake-effect snowstorms, damaging wind and flood events, wildfires, severe droughts, heat waves, tropical systems, and extreme cold. — CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 As Bloomberg recently reported, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Invasive Callery pears, or Bradford pears, bloom in blizzards across Illinois neighborhoods, roadsides and forests every April. — Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzards
  1. thunderstorms
  2. tides
  3. hurricanes
  4. floods
  5. typhoons
  6. avalanches
  7. snowstorms
Noun
  • About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of thunderstorms
Noun
  • The Grand Opera House’s overall architecture responds to the rhythm of the Huangpu River’s tides with a fluid and dynamic form.
    — Wendy Wang, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory Thursday as rain and king tides are forecast to soak South Florida.
    — Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of tides
Noun
  • The team navigated tropical storms, hurricanes and the Kelvin wave.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This sensor, first deployed on a GOES satellite in 2017, can detect lightning flashes anywhere on the globe and has proved to be useful for predicting tornadoes as well as monitoring the rapid intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurricanes
Noun
  • Even short periods of moderate rain on severe burn scars can unleash post-fire floods.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Lessons from Corpus Christi In Corpus Christi, recent floods have delayed the city's water emergency until 2028, buying leaders there some time.
    — Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • Taiwan is generally very well prepared for typhoons, which keeps casualties low.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The territories are still recovering from super typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, which struck in April and July, respectively.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of typhoons
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  • The broader Langtang region was also hit by devastating avalanches during Nepal’s 2015 earthquake.
    — Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The warmer temperatures are melting and thus destabilizing many of the 60,000 glaciers there, triggering these kinds of avalanches.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of avalanches
Noun
  • Icy weather, snowstorms, obstructive foliage and rugged terrain along the wild Rockies were just some of the obstacles Ben Nickell and Anne Koski faced on a 10-year journey to climb the highest point in each of Idaho’s 44 counties.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Even during historically warm winters, intense cold snaps, lake-effect bursts, and major individual snowstorms remain entirely possible.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of snowstorms

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“Blizzards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzards. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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