Definition of tornado

noun (n)

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

  Synonym: twister
  

  source: wordnet30
• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: crack, crack cocaine
  

  source: wordnet30
• A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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