tornado

noun

1. A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

   “An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.”

   “Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening. […] A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.”

verb

1. (ambitransitive, figuratively)To sweep through something violently.

   “And so on Friday nights, James Torin tornadoed through six beers, a carton of cigarettes, a coffee table littered with lottery tickets, and unrequited dreams.”

   “They come every night, those cavernous trains, tornadoing the frozen house, a madness feeling for the door.”