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duststorm
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n. phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.
Usage examples of duststorm.
Mr Bullett-Finch clung to the banisters and peered through a duststorm of plaster and powdered brick while the furnishings of which his wife had been so rightly proud hurtled past him from the upstairs rooms.
The duststorms continued, and Timmy had to build a special lean-to in order to protect Rodeo from being smothered.
Earl Grebe did not have one dollar, and with no gasoline for his tractor, he would be unable to produce crops even if the duststorms did abate.
On the plains where duststorms struck, this period was one of the bleakest in American history and not even dramatic exaggeration could convey the anguish of some of the stories from that period.