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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

  • (..) ...although the weatherman says there's no chance of rain. There's going to be plenty of rain. Wind, thunder, lightning. - It's going to be one hell of a storm. - Thanks. Nice talking to you. Maybe we'll bump into each other again in the future. DOC: Or in the past. MARTY: Doc, Doc! Come in! (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II
  • (..) Sit down! November , . That was when. MARTY: November , . That was the date I went back... That was the date of the famous Hill Valley lightning storm. You know your history. Very good. BIFF: I'll never forget that Saturday. I thought you crashed into a manure truck. How do you know about that? (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II