cyclonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsaɪ.kləʊn/us/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/a violent tropical storm or wind in which the air moves very fast in a circular direction
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- westerly
- wind gauge
- windsock
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Precipitation: stormy weather
Examples from literature
- Her words hurtled like flying missiles in a cyclone.
- It is as if the storm-clouds within are moving like a whirling cyclone.
- The cyclone's driving swirl, the storm-tossed seas.
- The storm raged, and the cyclone overwhelmed the land.
- There are storms of wind and rain called cyclones.