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cyclone

/'saɪkloʊn/

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noun
a violent rotating windstorm
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type of:
windstorm
noun
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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Opposite:

anticyclone

type of:
atmosphere atmospheric state

Definition that contains cyclone

hurricane a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
typhoon a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans