Synonyms for cyclone

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sahy-klohn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ kloʊn

Définition of cyclone

Origin : 1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon "moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856.

noun destructive wind

Example sentences :

The Trainer's admonition seemed like a cry to a cyclone, as void of usefulness.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

For all the changes in the world seemed gathering in a cyclone now.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Within was the balm of rest—the rest that lies in the heart of the cyclone.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

When Prue announced the make-up of her troupe there was a cyclone in her own home.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

When this cyclone of rage had passed away he was left pensive.
Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

He said nothing until the narrator was through, including the account of the cyclone.
Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis

Puts me in mind of the time I was caught in a Kansas cyclone.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer

I looked out of the windows to see what the Cyclone State had to give me.
Extract from : « A Bird-Lover in the West » by Olive Thorne Miller

These rollers were caused by a cyclone, and gave us some idea of its violence.
Extract from : « Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific » by Felix Speiser

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