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Landfall meaning

  1. An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
  2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
  3. The first land discovered after a sea voyage.

Synonyms of Landfall

Using Landfall

  • The main meaning on this page is: An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship. | The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land. | The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
  • Useful related words include: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast.
  • In the example corpus, landfall often appears in combinations such as: made landfall, landfall in, make landfall.

Context around Landfall

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Landfall

  • In this selection, "landfall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, making, makes, somewhere, saturday and early stand out and add context to how "landfall" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a second landfall in south and ahead of landfall saturday afternoon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "landfall" sits close to words such as alvarez, chop and coincided, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with landfall

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

But once Hurricane Ian made landfall on September 28, each facility faced a new reality. (15 words)

Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said landfall was expected at Keaton Beach, the main beach in Taylor County. (18 words)

Hilary started out as a hurricane over the Pacific, but weakened to a tropical storm just before making landfall. (19 words)

Debby made landfall in Florida on Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane, crossed Florida and Georgia, then swung back over the ocean and made a second landfall in South Carolina near Bulls Bay on Aug. 8 as a tropical storm. (41 words)

According to the executive order, the forecast currently places a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast early to mid-next week, with the potential for heavy rainfall, strong winds, and for isolated tornadic activity. (39 words)

Hurricane Idalia made landfall early Wednesday in Florida as a deadly Category 3 hurricane, promising to unleash “life-threatening” storm surges and damaging winds in the strongest storm to hit the area in more than 125 years. (37 words)

Hurricane Idalia Unleashes Fury On Florida’s Gulf Coast As Category 3 Storm, How Big Was Idalia At Landfall? (19 words)

Example sentences (20)

Debby made landfall in Florida on Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane, crossed Florida and Georgia, then swung back over the ocean and made a second landfall in South Carolina near Bulls Bay on Aug. 8 as a tropical storm.

According to Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman statement on Twitter, the cyclone has slowed down but the “core remains intense, adding it would not make landfall before nightfall now.

According to the executive order, the forecast currently places a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast early to mid-next week, with the potential for heavy rainfall, strong winds, and for isolated tornadic activity.

A few limbs on the streets were the extent of damages sustained after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida, resulting in tropical storm winds and flooding throughout North Carolina.

After crossing the entire southern Indian Ocean, Freddie first made landfall in Madagascar on February 21 and Mozambique on February 24, causing severe devastation.

After raking Baja California Sur, the storm will then make a turn to the east, cross the Gulf of California, and make landfall somewhere along the eastern coast of mainland Mexico by early Monday.

After travelling for 15 days across the Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar on February 21, 2023.

At the beach, a massive oil tanker makes landfall in a rather thrilling early sequence that would’ve looked stunning on the big screen.

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But once Hurricane Ian made landfall on September 28, each facility faced a new reality.

CNN–Hurricane Idalia made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend Gulf coast early Wednesday morning as a Category 3 Hurricane, with winds up to 120 miles per hour.

Communication networks in Rakhine had been disrupted after the cyclone made landfall, the United Nations (UN) and local media said.

Damage was still being assessed in the path of Ilsa, which made landfall in the early hours 150 kilometres northeast of the iron ore export town of Port Hedland in the rural area of Pardoo.

Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said landfall was expected at Keaton Beach, the main beach in Taylor County.

Forecasters said there would be winds topping 40 mph across an area spanning more than 400 miles ahead of landfall Saturday afternoon.

Get back onto the Sunwing and fly back to Legacy's Landfall where the two navigators are eagerly awaiting good news.

Hilary started out as a hurricane over the Pacific, but weakened to a tropical storm just before making landfall.

Hillary is expected to downgrade to a tropical storm shortly before California and will make landfall there Sunday evening (local time).

His father made the decision the family would spend the night of landfall in his workshop across the street where they would be much safer from hurricane winds.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall early Wednesday in Florida as a deadly Category 3 hurricane, promising to unleash “life-threatening” storm surges and damaging winds in the strongest storm to hit the area in more than 125 years.

Hurricane Idalia Unleashes Fury On Florida’s Gulf Coast As Category 3 Storm, How Big Was Idalia At Landfall?

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Common combinations with landfall

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "landfall" in a sentence?
An example: "Debby made landfall in Florida on Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane, crossed Florida and Georgia, then swung back over the ocean and made a second landfall in South Carolina near Bulls Bay on Aug. 8 as a tropical storm." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "landfall" from authentic English texts.
What does "landfall" mean?
Landfall means: An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
What are synonyms of "landfall"?
Common synonyms of "landfall" include: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast, sighting.
How many example sentences with "landfall" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "landfall", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.