[syn: storm, surprise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel.
stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow,
to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf.
Stratum). [root]166.]
1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often,
a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied
with wind or not.
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We hear this fearful tempest sing,
Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak.
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2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political,
or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war;
violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
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I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak.
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Her sister
Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak.
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3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous
force; violence.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
--Pope.
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4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious
attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by
scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
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Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained
compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
storm-tossed, and the like.
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Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also high-area storm,
anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran,
etc.
Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
Cyclone, above.
Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.
Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und
drang periode], a designation given to the literary
agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under
the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the
18th century.
Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by
a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the
entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in
summer.
Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or
storm center, travels.
Storm petrel. (Zool.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy
sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.
Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
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Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.
Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a
commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not
necessarily implying the fall of anything from the
clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without
wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the
word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as
those common on the coast of Italy, where the term
originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain,
with lightning and thunder.
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Storms beat, and rolls the main;
O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in
vain. --Pope.
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What at first was called a gust, the same
Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name.
--Donne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Storm \Storm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stormed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Storming.] (Mil.)
To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls,
forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a
fortified town.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Storm \Storm\, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.]
1. To raise a tempest. --Spenser.
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2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the
like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; --
used impersonally; as, it storms.
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3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
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The master storms, the lady scolds. --Swift.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
storm
n 1: a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on
the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and
lightning [syn: storm, violent storm]
2: a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had
characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only
a tempest in a teapot" [syn: storm, tempest]
3: a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
v 1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn:
ramp, rage, storm]
2: take by force; "Storm the fort" [syn: storm, force]
3: rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with
thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"
4: blow hard; "It was storming all night"
5: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
278 Moby Thesaurus words for "storm":
access, agitation, assail, assault, attack, ball the jack,
barbarize, barrage, barrel, batter, be angry, be excitable,
be livid, be pissed, bellow, beset, besiege, black squall, blast,
blaze, blaze of temper, blitz, blitzkrieg, blizzard, blow,
blow a gasket, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over,
blow up, blowup, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, board, boil,
bombard, boom, bounce, bowl along, brag, breeze, breeze along,
breeze up, brew, broadside, browned off, brush, brutalize, bully,
burn, burst, bustle, butcher, cannonade, carry on, catch fire,
catch the infection, chafe, clamor, clatter, clip, cloudburst,
come apart, come up, commotion, convulsion, cut along, cyclone,
deluge, destroy, dirty weather, disorder, disturbance, downpour,
drumfire, equinoctial, eruption, escalade, excite easily, explode,
explosion, fall, fire up, fire upon, fit, flame up, flare up,
flare-up, flash up, fleet, flip, flit, fly, fly low, foot, foray,
foul weather, freshen, fret, fume, fusillade, gale, gasconade,
gather, get excited, go fast, go into hysterics, go on, gust, hail,
half a gale, hammer, harmattan, hassle, have a conniption,
have a tantrum, heavy blow, hector, high words, highball,
hit the ceiling, howl, hubbub, huff, hurly-burly, hurricane,
ill wind, inroad, intimidate, inundate, invade, irruption, khamsin,
lay siege to, lay waste, line squall, line storm, loot,
make a raid, make an inroad, make knots, maul, mistral, monsoon,
mug, nip, out-herod Herod, outbreak, outburst, outcry, outpouring,
outstrip the wind, overwhelm, paroxysm, pillage, pipe up,
pissed off, pother, pour it on, puff, rage, raid, rain, rainstorm,
raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, ramp,
rampage, rant, rant and rave, rape, rave, riot, rip, roar, roister,
rollick, rough weather, ruction, ruin, rumpus, run a temperature,
sack, salvo, samiel, sandstorm, savage, scale, scale the walls,
scene, scorch, seethe, seizure, set in, shell, shower, siege,
simmer, simoom, sirocco, sizzle, skim, slang, slaughter, sleet,
smoke, smolder, snow, snowstorm, sow chaos, spasm, speed, splutter,
sputter, squall, squall line, stew, stir, storm along, storm wind,
storming, stormy weather, stormy winds, strife, strike,
strong wind, swagger, swashbuckle, sweep, take by storm, take fire,
take on, taking by storm, tear, tear along, tear around, tempest,
tempestuous rage, tempestuous wind, terrorize, thick squall,
throw a fit, thunder, thunder along, thundersquall, thunderstorm,
to-do, tornado, tropical cyclone, turbulence, turmoil, turn a hair,
typhoon, ugly wind, upheaval, vandalize, vapor, violate,
violent blow, volley, waft, whiff, whiffle, whirlwind, whisk,
white squall, whiz, whole gale, williwaw, wind-shift line,
windstorm, wreck, zing, zip, zoom
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
STORM
Statistically-Oriented Matrix Program
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
broadcast storm
network storm
storm
A broadcast on a network that causes multiple
hosts to respond by broadcasting themselves, causing the
storm to grow exponentially in severity.
See network meltdown.
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