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Meanings of haboob in English

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Storm or strong wind which carries dust or sand.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "sandstorm"
        Examples for "sandstorm"
        1
        I said nothing, though, not even when the lavender sandstorm struck us.
        The Great Book of Amber
        2
        During the sandstorm, tents were uprooted, shade shelters destroyed, and people injured.
        Wired
        3
        To the south, the black-and-bronze shadow of a sandstorm is rising again.
        Grand junction
        4
        Then the wind comes and blow, and make sandstorm always around Dutoitspan.
        What's Bred in the Bone
        5
        The fading sandstorm reveals the measly shade of a forest around us.
        Ice Like Fire
        1
        An ancient lion statue is seen in Beijing during a duststorm.
        Reuters
        2
        I was mistaken; I have not seen a proper duststorm.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        3
        Carley went to the door, relieved and glad to see that the duststorm was blowing by.
        The Call of the Canyon
        4
        A few days ago there was a duststorm which had a very curious effect as we looked down upon it from this hill.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        5
        The heat was increasing and the desert winds brought the "khamsin" or duststorms.
        The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial For...
        1
        The dust storm died down almost as rapidly as it had risen.
        The Forbidden Trail
        2
        A wind and dust storm arising, the troops returned to Santa Barbara.
        The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
        3
        The dust storm has darkened skies, contaminated rainwater and greatly reduced visibility.
        Jamaica Observer
        4
        The dust storm added to that anxiety, as dust storms always do.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        5
        Barry's grandfather had perished in a dust storm in the Sahara.
        The Shadow of the East
        1
        Another sand storm was starting, the wind flapped at my thin skirt.
        Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
        2
        The sand storm outside felt like it was taking me over.
        Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
        3
        That's a sand storm; there's no other sound in the world like it.
        The Black Pearl
        4
        Melania on the other hand looks like a paper bag in a sand storm.
        News.com.au
        5
        But a sand storm would not have kept her away.
        Sleeping Fires: a Novel
        Usage of haboob in English
        1
        A giant dust storm, known as a haboob, has covered parts of the city of Phoenix in Arizona..
        BBC
        2
        In Eastern Washington, near the city of Spokane, an intense dust storm known as a haboob preceded thunderstorms, reducing visibility to zero.
        Reuters
        3
        The state of Arizona is regularly hit by haboobs during monsoon season.
        BBC
        Haboob through the time