stormnoun
uk/stɔːm/us/stɔːrm/storm noun (VIOLENT WEATHER)
A2 [ C ] an extreme weather condition with very strong wind, heavy rain, and often thunder and lightning:
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- A lot of trees came down in the storm.
- We took cover from the storm in a bus shelter.
- The storm left behind it a trail of devastation.
- Our apple tree fell down in the storm.
- The storm wreaked havoc in the garden, uprooting trees and blowing a fence down.
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow up
- bolt
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hailstorm
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- tempest
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundery
- tornado
- typhoon
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storm noun (EMOTIONAL REACTION)
[ C usually singular ] a very angry reaction from a lot of people:
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Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- irritation
- rancour
- resent
- resentful
- road rage
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
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storm noun (ATTACK)
to be suddenly extremely successful in a place or with a group of people:
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go (off) without a hitch idiom
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- kill
- rise
- sew sth up
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
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Idiom(s)
stormverb
uk/stɔːm/us/stɔːrm/storm verb (ATTACK)
[ T ] to attack a place or building by entering suddenly in great numbers:
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Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- reducer
- relieve
- rip into sb/sth
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- sortie
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storm verb (EMOTIONAL REACTION)
[ I or T ] literary to express anger in a loud and often uncontrolled way:
to enter or leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry:
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Talking angrily
- berate
- bite
- bite sb's head off idiom
- bite/snap sb's head off idiom
- diatribe
- edge
- head
- hit
- jump
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- piece
- rant
- rave
- snap sb's head off idiom
- snarl
- spit
- spit sth out
- tear 1
- tear into sb/sth
- upbraid
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