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tornado, twister, cyclone | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | |
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cyclone | a violent rotating windstorm | |
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cyclone | [in meteorology] rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern |