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tornado

About 0.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
  2. verb To sweep through something violently.

Similar words

twister whirlwind cyclone hurricane typhoon storm twist alert torpedo rope tornado

Often followed by

of in and is had that or was warning

Word family

tornadoes tornados

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