superstorm

[ soo-per-stawrm ]

noun

1. a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction:

   The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.

superstorm

/ ˈsuːpəˌstɔːm /

noun

1. an extremely powerful storm that causes widespread devastation

Word History and Origins

Origin of superstorm¹

1955–60; super (adj.) + storm

Example Sentences

The so-called “bomb cyclone” is a previously-rare superstorm that often occurs during winter after a rapid deepening in low pressure within a specific area.

From Salon

One of the NLIHC’s studies of rental housing on the Jersey Shore after Superstorm Sandy found that affluent communities lost their low-income housing stock in the recovery.

From Slate

The spot could have formed as a result of a gigantic superstorm, similar to those occasionally observed on Jupiter's twin planet Saturn; from the merging of multiple smaller vortices produced by wind shear from the intense wind currents that flow parallel to each other, but alternating in direction with latitude; or from an instability in the winds that could produce an elongated atmospheric cell, similar in shape to the Spot.

From Science Daily

Although the proposal failed to take off then, the NYC transit crisis in summer 2017 convinced subway officials that congestion pricing would be needed to aid the ailing infrastructure, much of it still damaged from the wreckage of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.

From Slate

Later Monday, Menendez told reporters who asked him about his run that he’d done a lot for the state of New Jersey, particularly during the pandemic and after Superstorm Sandy.

From Seattle Times