What is another word for desert wind?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛsət wˈɪnd] (IPA)

The term 'desert wind' is often used to describe the hot, dry wind that blows across arid regions such as the Sahara or the Arabian desert. Synonyms for this phrase include 'sandstorm,' 'dust devil,' 'khamsin,' and 'simoom.' A sandstorm is a violent wind that carries dust and sand particles, while a dust devil is a rotating column of air that sucks up small particles of dust and dirt. The khamsin is a dry, hot wind that occurs in Egypt and the Middle East, and the simoom is a fiery, suffocating wind that causes intense heat and dehydration. Regardless of the term used, the desert wind is a powerful and sometimes dangerous force to be reckoned with.

What are the hypernyms for Desert wind?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Desert wind

  • There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.
    Raymond Chandler
  • We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.
    Paolo Bacigalupi
  • A bizarrerie of fires, cunabulum of light, it moved with a deft, almost dainty deliberation, phasing into and out of existence like a storm-shot piece of evening; or perhaps the darkness between the flares was more akin to its truest nature — swirl of black ashes assembled in prancing cadence to the lowing note of desert wind down the arroyo behind buildings as empty yet filled as the pages of unread books or stillnesses between the notes of a song.
    Roger Zelazny

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