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 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 Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards! — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026 For decades, Indian Point operated 24/7 and supplied roughly 2,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity around the clock — through heat waves, blizzards, and everything in between. — Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026 February marked a brutal month across the country, with blizzards and blackouts. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 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
  • In Humboldt County’s North Spit, near Eureka, tides were 9 inches higher than forecast.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The offerings of any decent oyster shucker will change according to the seasons and the tides and the shoals and the shipping lines and the harbor freight and the rush-hour traffic on the interstate.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of tides
Noun
  • Derechos are fast-moving bands of thunderstorms with powerful, destructive winds that follow straight lines, unlike the winds in tornadoes and hurricanes.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Insurance can also be costly or hard to get, especially in places prone to hurricanes.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurricanes
Noun
  • At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And in other spots in Florida, like the Keys and Tampa Bay, residents are choosing to elevate their existing homes several feet to keep them safe from floods.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • China’s largest container ports continue to endure congestion and delays weeks after multiple typhoons hit the eastern part of the country, causing some carriers to skip calls at the gateways.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists say global warming has made extreme weather more likely, including stronger typhoons.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of typhoons
Noun
  • 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
  • Our sales really dipped amidst some pretty terrible snowstorms.
    — Karla Walsh, Midwest Living, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Millions tuned in to watch her weather snowstorms, raise eaglets with her mate Shadow, and soar above Big Bear Lake, turning a wildlife camera into one of the internet's most beloved windows into nature.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of snowstorms

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“Blizzards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzards. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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