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Meaning of rogue wave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unexpected, dangerously large wave.

Equivalents

Français vague scélérate
Italiano onda anomala
日本語 巨大波
Português vagalhão
Svenska monstervåg

Examples

“Then one giant crest spills green water over the bow and stops our 100-ton vehicle as though it had ploughed into a gargantuan hay bale. . . . The rogue wave our experimental 78-foot craft hit must have been well over 10 feet high.”
“One of her owners, Mark Litchfield, was quoted by United Press International as saying a “rogue wave” might have knocked the ship over.”
“Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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