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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 miles per hour (29–32 m/sec).
4.
a violent military assault on a fortified place, strong position, or the like.
5.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEInformal. storm window.
verb (used without object)
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(of the wind or weather) to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., especially 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.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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verb (used with object)
Idiom14.
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.
17.
storm in a teacup. teacup (def. 3).
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch storm, German Sturm, Old Norse stormr; (v.) Middle English stormen, derivative of the noun (compare obsolete sturme, Middle English sturmen, Old English styrman, denominative v. from the same Germanic base as storm); akin to stir1
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch storm, German Sturm, Old Norse stormr; (v.) Middle English stormen, derivative of the noun (compare obsolete sturme, Middle English sturmen, Old English styrman, denominative v. from the same Germanic base as storm); akin to stir1
Related forms
storm·like, adjective
out·storm, verb (used with object)
un·stormed, adjective
Synonyms
1. gale, hurricane, tempest, tornado, cyclone, squall, wind, blizzard.
1. gale, hurricane, tempest, tornado, cyclone, squall, wind, blizzard.
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Word Origin & History
storm
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)
EXPAND 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).
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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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