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Destructive weather feature developing rapidly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whirlwind

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'feature developing rapidly' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'destructive weather' is the wordplay.
'destructive' becomes 'whirl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'weather' becomes 'wind' (wind is a kind of weather).
'whirl'+'wind'='WHIRLWIND'

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(Other definitions for whirlwind that I've seen before include "Cyclone" , "Impulsive" , "(Of a romance) rapidly sweeping you off your feet?" , "Energetic person" , "Atmospheric eddy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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