noun.
A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
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noun.
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Word Usage
"Some said the archimandrite had fled, though others said she had been captured by Mishra, and still others said the sandstorm was her doing, as the banishing of the dragon engines had been"