1
: one that twists
especially
: a ball with a forward and spinning motion
2
: a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil in which the rotatory ascending movement of a column of air is especially apparent
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The premiere ends with the 113 arriving at a country music festival, where an impending twister has torn apart the stage, resulting in several life-and-death crises.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025
The tornado that ended the 12-year gap actually hit back in June, but new damage analysis has upgraded a deadly twister initially categorized as an EF3 near Enderlin, North Dakota.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at those EF2 twisters: New Richmond in St. Croix County: Traveled 3.94 miles, reached a width of 120 yards.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
At the last moment, the twister took a turn and missed him and the others.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025
The tornado that ended the 12-year gap actually hit back in June, but new damage analysis has upgraded a deadly twister initially categorized as an EF3 near Enderlin, North Dakota.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at those EF2 twisters: New Richmond in St. Croix County: Traveled 3.94 miles, reached a width of 120 yards.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
At the last moment, the twister took a turn and missed him and the others.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Twister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twister. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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