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tornado

noun as in weather event

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At the time, sirens were not yet standard in tornado country.

About 9:30 p.m. on Palm Sunday in 1965, a tornado struck Toledo, Ohio.

The classic film that opens with a tornado sweeping through a Kansas farm made its debut 75 years ago in 1939.

Fallin has received high marks for her leadership after a tornado devastated the town of Moore.

And the town of Moore was no longer known just for the tornado that devastated it a year ago.

A fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.

A tremendous tornado passed over the city of Natchez, very destructive to life and property.

A destructive tornado swept over a portion of Lapeer county, Michigan.

She was timid during any thunder shower and this was worse than a shower which threatened—a tornado seemed imminent.

He fell upon Mrs. Buttershaw, a slatternly and sour-visaged woman, and hurled at her a tornado of questions.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tornado, such as: twister, whirlwind, windstorm, cyclone, storm, and tempest.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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