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Pelée

[ puh-ley ]

noun

  1. Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4,428 feet (1,350 meters).


Pelée

/ pəˈleɪ /

noun

  1. Mount Pelée
    a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Kids gathered around as Sam repeated Dr. Morales’s story of Mount Pelée.

It was one of the most powerful in history, more explosive even than Pelée.

“But around here, the bigger dangers are mudslides and rock avalanches. And I worry about the pyroclastic surge. That’s a wave of hot air that explodes out of the volcano. It’s truly devastating. That’s what happened in the eruption of Mount Pelée.”

“Never heard of Mount Pelée,” Mr. Rowan said.

It was one of the warning signs, just before Pelée erupted.

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