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cyclone

Definitions of cyclone
  1. noun
    a violent rotating windstorm
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    types:
    ouragan
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
    tempête, tornade
    a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
    typhon
    a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
    type of:
    tempête de vent
    a storm consisting of violent winds
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