gale

noun

ˈgāl How to pronounce gale (audio)
Definition of galenext
as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter

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Recent Examples of gale His football outing on ITV was perfectly good value, even if there was the near-instant karma of an off-camera Brooklyn gale threatening to blow the set down. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026 Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 The United States is also facing gale-force productivity headwinds, such as the aging of the population and the relentlessly rising cost of health care, education, and housing. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026 National Weather Service The NWS also issued a host of marine hazards, including gale warnings, high surf advisories, small craft advisories and beach hazards for most of Southern California's coastal communities. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gale
  1. explosion
  2. burst
  3. gust
  4. outburst
  5. eruption
  6. flash
  7. blaze
  8. storm
Noun
  • Tuesday night's explosion from Contreras had actually been 24 hours in the making.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Authorities in the wealthy city-state of Monaco have launched a manhunt that’s stretched across the border into France after several people were wounded in an explosion caused by a bomb that was planted in a residential building.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of explosion
Noun
  • Jennifer Storms, chief marketing officer for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said her team has carefully planned the timing of the spots to coincide with the burst of patriotism and celebration around America 250 events.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • Used on the plate (rather than during cooking), finishing salt adds crunch, elegance and a burst of salinity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of burst
Noun
  • More than 75 million were in the threat zone for severe storms in the coming hours, stretching across parts of the Plains into the Northeast, with the primary hazard being damaging wind gusts.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Storms in southeastern New England and the Mid-Atlantic could cause damaging wind gusts, torrential rain and potential flash flooding July 5, AccuWeather meteorologists said.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of gust
Noun
  • The pitcher and batter didn’t acknowledge the outburst, although Wrobleski’s pitch ended up in the dirt for a full count.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Fresh off a 22-run outburst Friday, the question became what would the Sox do for an encore Saturday.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of outburst
Noun
  • The intense burst of X-rays released during the eruption reached Earth in just over 8 minutes, triggering strong (R3) radio blackouts across the daylight side of Earth.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • Emissions from volcanic eruptions can also cause some chemical chaos in this system.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Definition of eruption
Noun
  • Keep all windows and doors closed so your pet cannot easily escape, and draw the shades to minimize the sound and flashes of light.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Would-be aurora photographers should remember to turn off flash and turn on their device’s night mode, and shoot in RAW image format.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of flash
Noun
  • Firefighters halted the forward progress of the Happy Fire, a collection of small blazes burning Tuesday along a roadside southeast of Placerville, and evacuation orders affecting about 300 area residents had been downgraded to warnings.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • The crew was overtaken by a fast-moving blaze with no viable escape route or safety zone, the US Wildland Fire Service said.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of blaze
Noun
  • Eagle avoided the brunt of the storm as the crew navigated toward open ocean.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Local Idaho agencies have spent days addressing storm damage caused by a low-pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska that brought winds over 50 mph, lightning, hail and more than an inch of rain to some areas.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
Definition of storm

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