1
: one that twists
especially
: a ball with a forward and spinning motion
2
: a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil in which the rotatory ascending movement of a column of air is especially apparent
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The National Weather Service (NWS) issued dozens of alerts on Tuesday and Wednesday as a powerful storm system spawned destructive twisters across Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
In addition to twisters, days of nearly nonstop rain are expected that could trigger life-threatening, once-in-a-lifetime flooding in the corridor where Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee meet.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The video shows several dusty twisters swirling across the landscape.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Seattleites braced for a dramatic spring storm — hail, lightning and even a twister or two — that never happened this week.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
In addition to twisters, days of nearly nonstop rain are expected that could trigger life-threatening, once-in-a-lifetime flooding in the corridor where Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee meet.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The video shows several dusty twisters swirling across the landscape.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Seattleites braced for a dramatic spring storm — hail, lightning and even a twister or two — that never happened this week.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Twister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twister. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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