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supertornado en · NOUN

Etymology

From super- + tornado.

Meanings

1. (rare) A giant, very severe tornado.
   • These catastrophic events include megastorms, supertornados, torrential rains and floods, extended droughts, and ecosystem disruptions, all added to steadily rising sea levels. 2009, John Brockman, What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 173:
   • By tomorrow they'll be chasing a supertornado in Chicago, or some Miami seawall break. 2015, Paolo Bacigalupi, The Water Knife, James Clarke & Company Health, →ISBN, page 56:
   • Suppose that there were nothing we could do about that prospect. The prediction would still have some economic value. People making long-term investments would be aware that some land would become unsuitable for cultivation while other land would become usable; there would be an obvious incentive to reduce long-term development on coastal plains and in areas likely to be subject to superhurricanes, supertornadoes, and other severe weather events. 2004, Research Fellow International Food Policy Research Institute and Associate Professor Department of Applied Economics Philip G Pardey, What's Economics Worth?: Valuing Policy Research, International Food Policy Research Institute, →ISBN, pages 78, 79:

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