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supertempest (複数形 supertempests)

1. (rare) A very severe tempest.
   • 1907, Jonathan Stagge, The Scarlet Circle‎^[1], Crime Clud, page 218:

     There would still be tough times ahead for the Fanshawes. But Cape Talisman's supertempest had had a silver lining tucked away after all.

   • 1969, George P. Elliott, An Hour of Last Things and Other Stories‎^[2], Gollancz, →ISBN, page 121:

     A standard Venus supertempest was on when we got there.

   • 2004, Life on Matagorda Island‎^[3], Texas A & M University Press, →ISBN, page 19:

     We moved to this barrier island with our eyes open. The bad news was that it lies smack in the storm belt where a hurricane can be expected every four to five years and a supertempest takes aim ever televe years or so.