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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

  • (..) the bag hole trip. We all saw the shape glass was in, it was no more to be done, right? Yeah. We all saw it. When there is a storm ... And you stand in front of a tree ... If you look at its branches, you swear it will fall ... But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability. (..)
    2015 The Revenant
  • (..) I'm right here. As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe. Keep breathing. When there is a storm... And you stand in front of a tree... If you look at its branches, you swear it will fall. But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability. (..)
    2015 The Revenant