: a hot dry violent dust-laden wind from Asian and African deserts
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Dust storms and dust-bearing winds go by many names, including the haboob in Sudan to the North African khamsin and the Arabian simoom.—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015 Herodotus records that a small nation called the Psylli marched into the desert to declare war on the simoom—and were subsequently buried by it.—Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
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