TORNADE Synonyms

• (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

• a violent rotating windstorm

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

• a strong current of air

• a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

• sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation

• make high-pitched, whiney noises

• utter a sudden loud cry

• blow in a squall

• a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

• a violent commotion or disturbance

• a direct and violent assault on a stronghold

• behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

• take by force

• rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning

• blow hard

• attack by storm; attack suddenly

• a violent commotion or disturbance

• (literary) a violent wind

• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

• small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts

• a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

• confused movement

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• fly around

• a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth