Synonyms of tornado

tornado

noun

as in hurricane

a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point

A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado.

a tornado warning

Related Words

• hurricane
• gale
• tempest
• windstorm
• blow
• blast
• squall
• gust
• scud
• flurry
• zephyr
• breeze
• windblast
• bluster
• current
• puff
• draft
• williwaw
• waft
• northeaster
• whiff
• air
• breath
• norther
• westerly
• southeaster
• northwester
• southwester
• northerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tornado

Marks began his effort to get these sirens years ago after a tornado struck the town in 2018. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Brett Pawlak’s camera spins a cartwheel alongside a flying kick, then plunges into the eye of a tornado of bad guys trapped in a web. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather in the US, with a higher annual average death toll than tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning combined, National Weather Service statistics show. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Updrafts and fire tornadoes Wildfires release a large amount of heat. — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 30 July 2026