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/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/
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/tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/
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tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ
Noun
A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
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An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening. […] A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.
Verb
To sweep through something violently.
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And so on Friday nights, James Torin tornadoed through six beers, a carton of cigarettes, a coffee table littered with lottery tickets, and unrequited dreams.
They come every night, those cavernous trains, tornadoing the frozen house, a madness feeling for the door.
Noun
a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
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a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
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