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cyclone

/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/noun2 syllables

Cyclone means: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.

Opposites of cyclone

anticyclone

What does cyclone mean?2

noun

1

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

2

a violent rotating windstorm

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cyclone?35

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All 35 rhymes for cyclone, grouped by syllable

Cyclone in a sentence

  • Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons all refer to the same weather phenomenon.Hybrid
  • The cyclone had given the unbroken house to a land of divine beauty.jan_usawi_sewi_o
  • Many houses in my village have been destroyed by the cyclone.LeeSooHa
  • Algeria isn't in a cyclone region.Amastan
  • The cyclone destroyed everything in its path.CK
  • A powerful Scandinavian cyclone is approaching.AlanF_US
  • There are no cyclones in Algeria.Amastan

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Forms of cyclone

as a noun

plural
cyclones