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storm

  [stawrm]
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–noun
1. a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
2. a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, unaccompanied by strong winds.
3. Also called violent storm. Meteorology. a wind of 64–72 mph (29–32 m/sec).
4. a violent military assault on a fortified place, strong position, or the like.
5. a heavy or sudden volley or discharge: a storm of criticism; a storm of bullets.
6. a violent disturbance of affairs, as a civil, political, social, or domestic commotion.
7. a violent outburst or outbreak of expression: a storm of applause.
8. Informal. storm window.
–verb (used without object)
9. (of the wind or weather) to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., esp. with violence (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It stormed all day.
10. to rage or complain with violence or fury: He stormed angrily at me.
11. to deliver a violent attack or fire, as with artillery: The troops stormed against the garrison.
12. to rush to an assault or attack: The tanks stormed towards the city.
13. to rush angrily: to storm out of a room.
–verb (used with object)
14. to subject to or as if to a storm: The salesman stormed them with offers.
15. to utter or say with angry vehemence: The strikers stormed their demands.
16. to attack or assault (persons, places, or things): to storm a fortress.
—Idiom
17. storm in a teacup. teacup (def. 3).
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE; c. D storm, G Sturm, ON stormr; (v.) ME stormen, deriv. of the n. (cf. obs. sturme, ME sturmen, OE styrman, denominative v. from the same Gmc base as storm); akin to stir 1

Related forms:
stormlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. gale, hurricane, tempest, tornado, cyclone, squall, wind, blizzard.
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Word Origin & History

storm  (n.)
O.E. storm, from P.Gmc. *sturmaz (cf. O.N. stormr, O.S., M.L.G., M.Du., Du. storm, O.H.G., Ger. sturm). O.Fr. estour "onset, tumult," It. stormo are Gmc. loan-words. Fig. (non-meteorological) sense was in late O.E. The verb in the sense of "to rage, be violent" is from c.1380; military sense (1645) first used by Oliver Cromwell. Storm-door first recorded 1878; storm-water is from 1879; storm-window is attested from 1824. Storm-troops (Ger. sturmtruppen) is from 1917, introduced by the German military in World War I. Storm-trooper "member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung" is from 1933 (see Sturmabteilung).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: storm
Pronunciation: 'sto(&)rm
Function: noun
: a crisis or sudden increase in the symptoms of a disease —see THYROID STORM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

storm (stôrm)
n.
An exacerbation of symptoms or a crisis in the course of a disease.

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Science Dictionary
storm   (stôrm)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A low-pressure atmospheric disturbance resulting in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.

  2. A wind with a speed from 103 to 117 km (64 to 73 mi) per hour, rating 11 on the Beaufort scale.


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