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haboob

n. A violent sandstorm or dust storm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

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Haboob

A haboob ( habūb "blasting/drafting") is a type of intense sand storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in arid regions throughout the world.

Usage examples of "haboob".

He was well aware of the danger of trying to get above a haboob, against which pilots are warned, even if his tanks had been full.

The sand that had been whirled high into the air by the haboob had either settled again or been drawn on by the vortex, and the sun, now immediately overhead, probed the bare, tortured earth with bars of white heat.

The Tourer had been blown south by the haboob, which had no doubt delayed the caravan.