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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

  • (..) Can't hold it back anymore. Let it go. Let it go. Turn away and Slam the door. I don't care what they're going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway. It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small. And the fears that once controlled me. Can't get to me at all. (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) She would never hurt me. Not a footprint to be seen. A kingdom of isolation. And it looks like I'm the Queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside. Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried... Don't let them in, Don't let them see, Be the good girl you always have to be. (..)
    2013 Frozen