as in hurricane
a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point
A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado. a tornado warning
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Recent Examples of tornado
The tornado, the first to touch down in Arkansas this year, has received an EF1 rating.
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Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, with other forms of severe weather, rain may come first, then isolated pockets of thunderstorms with hail or a tornado.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
Across the country, police have for decades been pressed into crisis response duty during wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Lund described the fire tornado as a response to the weather rather than its own event.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, with other forms of severe weather, rain may come first, then isolated pockets of thunderstorms with hail or a tornado.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
Across the country, police have for decades been pressed into crisis response duty during wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Lund described the fire tornado as a response to the weather rather than its own event.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for tornado
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“Tornado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tornado. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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