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TORNADO
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Irregular inflected form: tornadoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
Synonyms:
crack; crack cocaine; tornado
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tornado" is a kind of...):
cocain; cocaine (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
Synonyms:
tornado; twister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("tornado" is a kind of...):
cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tornado"):
supertwister (the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage)
waterspout (a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist)
