Synonyms for cyclones


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sahy-klohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ kloʊn


Définition of cyclones

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 :
  • If the cyclones haven't got you by the time this reaches Aberdeen, write.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • The Chinese word for a great wind, applied to hurricanes or cyclones.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • "Talk about cyclones," began Cleo, when she had recovered from her surprise.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest » by Lillian Garis
  • She could relax and unbend again; she was safe from his cyclones.
  • Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
  • There, is perpetual summer; no volcanoes, no earthquakes, no cyclones.
  • Extract from : « Unaddressed Letters » by Anonymous
  • Cyclones of wind, thundering waves of ice and snow were forgotten.
  • Extract from : « The Gnomes of the Saline Mountains » by Anna Goldmark Gross
  • And would you make your world so as to provide for earthquakes and cyclones?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • Next determine the velocities with which these cyclones moved.
  • Extract from : « Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology » by Robert DeCourcy Ward
  • Cyclones are preceded by a singular calm and a great fall of the barometer.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various
  • All our cyclones originate in the far Southwest and travel northeast.
  • Extract from : « Locusts and Wild Honey » by John Burroughs

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