tropical cyclone

noun

: a cyclone originating in the tropics
specifically : hurricane

Examples of tropical cyclone in a Sentence

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Ninety-seven percent of tropical cyclone activity occurs during this time period, NOAA said. Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2025 Over the past 50 years, nearly half of all tropical cyclone deaths in the United States resulted from storm surge flooding. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 It's been used for 19 tropical cyclones worldwide: two the Atlantic Ocean, eight in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and nine in the western Pacific Ocean. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 July 2025 Those tropical waves, under the right conditions, can develop into tropical cyclones or hurricanes. Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tropical cyclone was in 1851

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“Tropical cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20cyclone. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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