Whirlwind /(?)/

Whirl·wind

Whirlwind

n.
  1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
    The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods. And drowns the villages.
  2. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.