supertornado

English

Alternative forms

• super tornado
• super-tornado

Etymology

From super- +‎ tornado.

Noun

supertornado (plural supertornadoes or supertornados)

1. (rare) A giant, very severe tornado.
   • 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^[1], International Food Policy Research Institute, →ISBN, pages 78, 79:

     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.

   • 2009, John Brockman, What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything‎^[2], HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 173:

     These catastrophic events include megastorms, supertornados, torrential rains and floods, extended droughts, and ecosystem disruptions, all added to steadily rising sea levels.

   • 2015, Paolo Bacigalupi, The Water Knife‎^[3], James Clarke & Company Health, →ISBN, page 56:

     By tomorrow they'll be chasing a supertornado in Chicago, or some Miami seawall break.