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An example use of tornado in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… like a tornado it won't be just fresh …”
A tornado is a violent, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cloud.
the word tornado occurs in english on average 7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.