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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 I made them both poke each other's eyes out. So they're both blind, there's blood everywhere-- " Against all odds " " lnfiltrate, oh, storm the gate! " What the fuck? " Two air vents on the roof " " That's what the guy was talkin' a--shit! " - Fuck! - " Electric eye " (..)
    2006 Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
  • (..) flat as a pancake " " And then l--Oh, no, the camera! " " Stay back here, devise a plan " " Dive into the bushes " " Against all odds " " lnfiltrate, storm the gate! " " Storm the gate! " - " Ninja style, Samurai " - " Storm the gate! " - " Metal pole, climb that shit " - " Storm the gate! " (..)
    2006 Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny