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Bombogenesis

Noun

the process that occurs during a 24-hour period when the atmospheric pressure of an extratropical cyclone drops with enough intensity to produce explosive cyclogenesis:

The 77 inches of snow that fell that one day in Maine is an example of a low-pressure system that underwent bombogenesis—indeed, the intensification was extremely rapid!

Sanskrit equivalent

विस्फोटचक्रवातः

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