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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

  • (..) No. Excuse me. Accepted. How many samples do we need, commander? We have a mission update. A storm warning. What is it? I saw that in this morning's briefing. We'll be inside before it hits. Yeah, they upgraded their estimate. The storm's gonna be a lot worse. " kilometers in diameter, bearing . degrees." That's tracking right towards us. (..)
    2015 The Martian