Thesaurus: tornado
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short d…
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- n. A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
- n. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
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- A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
- A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempestdistinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion,usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents ofrain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a smallcyclone.
- n:100 n. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground