[
US
/ˈstɔɹm/
]
[ UK /stˈɔːm/ ]
[ UK /stˈɔːm/ ]
VERB
-
take by force
Storm the fort - attack by storm; attack suddenly
-
blow hard
It was storming all night - behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
-
rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
If it storms, we'll need shelter
NOUN
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
-
a violent commotion or disturbance
it was only a tempest in a teapot
the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
How To Use storm In A Sentence
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- For winemakers in the Rhone, 2002 was a disastrous year, with violent storms and huge rainfall during the harvest.
- A Scottish moor long bore the reputation for being haunted by a phantom flock of sheep, which were always heard "baaing" plaintively before a big storm. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
- The engine is a stormer: certainly better than the z1000.
- The storm was cloaked like a hidden monster behind a stratiform cloud veil (nimbostratus) with a little fractus in the foreground.
- My first explanation is my theory for the sci-fi physics of the electromagnetic storm.
- The communication was seriously disrupted by the storm.
- Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years. Apologia Diffidentis
- This was where we weighed anchor from the emotional storm. Times, Sunday Times
- All that day and the next we crept away from the northern perimeter of the storm.
