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storm

Definition

  • noun: an occurrence of bad weather in which there is a lot of rain, snow, etc., and often strong winds
  • noun: a disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning
  • verb: to attack (something) suddenly with a lot of force or with a large number of people
  • verb: to blow with violence
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: violence, calamity, tempest

Examples

  • His racial comments 'kicked/whipped/stirred up a storm' in the newspapers. [=newspapers criticized his racial comments very strongly]

  • The college was quiet that morning, but it was 'the calm before the storm'. Thousands of students would arrive later.

  • Newspapers have 'weathered the storm' of online information by providing news online themselves.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ( wind howls ) ( chuckles ) You're old, brother. Now let another rule. I heard you lost your mind during a storm on the Jade Sea. They tied you to the mast to keep you from jumping overboard. They did. And when the storm passed, you cut out their tongues. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2
  • (..) can walk through that door. Castle Black isn't defended on the southern side. And the few men left are barely men at all. Farm boys and thieves. With a small force, we could storm the castle, kill Jon Snow-- Murder the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch? You'd unite every house (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2