desert wind
Hot arid breeze
A desert wind is a hot, dry wind that blows from or across arid regions, often carrying sand or dust.
Such winds have regional names—the sirocco, the harmattan, the Santa Ana.
Figuratively, something described as a desert wind suggests harsh, desiccating force: Her criticism swept through like a desert wind, leaving nothing standing.
- siroccoScorching African wind
- sandstormWind-driven desert grit
- dust devilSmall rotating wind column
- dustFine settled particles
- gustBrief wind surge
hot · dry heat · dry · arid · Sahara · sand dune · dune · shifting sands · scorching · burning sun · parched · bone dry · howling · blast · whipping · haze · mirage · endless horizon
- windsbreeze, gust, gusts, gale, squall
- Mediterranean winds
- airborne particlesdust particles, dust, particulates, aerosol, particulate matter
- warm windssirocco, foehn, chinook, harmattan
moisture and origin environment
desert windsea breeze
Wind from ocean to land
ocean breeze · lake breeze · moist air · onshore wind · trade winds
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