Definition of "downdrafts" [downdrafts]

• Plural form of downdraft. (noun)

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• "Unlike tornadoes, which develop from columns of rotating air, straight-line winds erupt from a thunderstorm in unpredictable downdrafts, then spread across the landscape in all directions."
• "It uses a hefty pile of cash, too, to cushion its investors in market downdrafts and to hunt for opportunities."
• "The company was hit particularly hard by economic downdrafts that hurt all makers of smaller business aircraft and private propeller planes"