cyclone

IPA: sɪkɫˈoʊn

(broad sense) A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.
(narrow sense) Such a weather phenomenon occurring in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean
A low pressure system.
(informal) The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
A strong wind.
A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

Examples of "cyclone" in Sentences

Another major tropical cyclone, the 1970 Bangladesh cyclone¢’¬?
The word cyclone is associated in popular phraseology with a terrific storm, but it has no such restriction in technical usage.
"The response to the cyclone is just the most recent example of the junta's failure to meet its people's basic needs," Mrs. Bush said.
Doppler radars will help in getting clear information three to four days ahead of the Cyclone if the cyclone is in the radius of 400 km of the doppler radar. posted by 24/7 News Network @ 9: 51 AM
More worrying than the cyclone are the effects of the recent floods, which sent huge plumes of muddy fresh water over coastal portions of the reef, said Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a reef expert from the University of Queensland.
Perhaps it may not be a matter of knowledge to all readers that for these hurricanes, as for many other heavy gales, the term cyclone is exact; that the wind does actually blow round a circle, but one of so great circumference that at each several point it seems to follow a straight line.