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firenado

[ fahyuhr-ney-doh ]

noun

Meteorology.
plural firenadoes, firenados.
  1. another term for fire tornado.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of firenado1

First recorded in 2010–15; blend of fire ( def ) + tornado ( def )
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The explosive Park fire north of Chico created massive smoke plumes that whirled up into the atmosphere, swirling in a tornado-like way, a phenomenon known as a “firenado.”

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Hot temperatures and strong winds formed a 'firenado' in California on Wednesday.

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He described the blaze as “like a firenado,” with flames leaping dozens of feet into the air and jumping around, catching trees “and then just explosions, boom, boom, boom, boom.”

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He's our very own firenado and — it's not complicated — four more years of him will consign us to a hell on Earth of a sort still only faintly imaginable today.

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“They called it a ‘firenado,’” Marshall said.

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