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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

  • (..) And the noise. The noise was unbelievable. There were times when I literally didn't have to act. I thought that we were in the worst storm on the mountainside from hell. We were just, like, in this full force- gale. McTAVISH: And I remember just being behind Martin... (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • (..) BALIN: This is no thunderstorm. It's a thunder-battle! Look out! They tried to recreate the conditions of being in a storm and they did that very, very well. You could imagine that the rock is splitting apart... ...there are huge rocks being chucked at us by the Stone-Giants. (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey