a violent tropical storm with very strong windscomparecyclone,hurricaneOxford Collocations Dictionarytyphoon + verbhit something,strike something,damage something,…prepositionin a/the typhoonSeefull entrySee related entries:Natural disasters,WindWord Originlate 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’.Extra examplesHis home was destroyed in a typhoon.The plantation was devastated by a typhoon.Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters are frequent in that part of the Pacific.The hottest time of year coincides with the typhoon season.
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