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   tornado

   /tɔːˈneɪdəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
   • ▪ a person or thing characterized by violent or devastating action or emotion: "teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a violent thunderstorm of the tropical Atlantic Ocean): perhaps an alteration of Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’ (from tronar ‘to thunder’) by association with Spanish tornar ‘to turn’.

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