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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

  • (..) with all the dead crops. He's gonna make 'em grow again. - Crops? He's gonna fix the dust storms too. I give you my word. He's gonna fix the "ecomony". And he's so smart... he's gonna do it all in one week. (..)
    2006 Idiocracy
  • (..) Let's get you sworn in. Shut up. Shut up. Sit your monkey ass down. Chill out. Shit. And the dust storms. And we runnin' out of French fries and burrito coverings. And the dust storms. And we runnin' out of French fries and burrito coverings. Yeah! - But I got a solution. (..)
    2006 Idiocracy