cyclone
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» The cyclone destroyed everything in its path.
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4 sensesTo separate using a cyclone separator.
To storm as a cyclone.
To whirl in spirals as a result of a cyclone or whirlwind-like force.
To storm wildly; to be in a frenzy.
Examples
15 sentencesThe cyclone destroyed everything in its path.
Algeria isn't in a cyclone region.
Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons all refer to the same weather phenomenon.
deHurrikane, Zyklone und Taifune bezeichnen alle die gleiche Wettererscheinung. — Yorwba
Many houses in my village have been destroyed by the cyclone.
ruМножество домов у нас в деревне было разрушено циклоном. — marafon
The cyclone had given the unbroken house to a land of divine beauty.
Origin
Coined by English scientist and merchant captain Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s,Coined by English scientist and merchant captain Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s, and based on some term in Ancient Greek. Sources disagree on the date and on which Ancient Greek term, though it had to be something derived from either κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”) or κυκλόω (kuklóō, “go around in a circle, form a circle, encircle”), for example the present active participle κυκλῶν (kuklôn). See cycle and wheel.
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Forms
cyclones, cycloning, cycloned, cyclonedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle