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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
downburst
 
SYLLABICATION:down·burst
PRONUNCIATION:  dounbûrst
NOUN: An extremely powerful downward air current from a cumulonimbus cloud, typically associated with thunderstorm activity.
 
 
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