Dust storm
Dust storm noun - A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
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Synonyms for Dust storm
Sand storm and dust storm are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Sand storm" with "Dust storm", this phrases are similar.
Sand storm
Dust storm and sand storm are semantically related. You can use "Dust storm" instead a noun phrase "Sand storm".
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In the Mark Twain book Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom and Huck are flying over the Sahara Desert in a balloon and see evidence of a past dust storm, namely the dessicated bodies of a small tribe who had all died buried in a sand storm.
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Deadly Dust Storm: As the team is spending their first night on Abydos, a large sand storm comes up, forcing those not at the village to take shelter in the pyramid where the stargate is.
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Deadly Dust Storm: The Spirit Temple is beyond a stretch of desert that has a constant sand storm.
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