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| Sounds | stao'rm |
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| Rhymes | barnstorm, brainstorm, chloroform, and 26 more rhymes in aorm at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening. |
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| Synonyms | violent storm |
| Part of | Beaufort scale, wind scale |
| Parts | storm center, storm centre |
| Narrower | firestorm; storm center; northeaster, noreaster; hailstorm; ice storm, silver storm; rainstorm; blizzard, snowstorm; thunderstorm, electrical storm, electric storm; windstorm |
| Broader | atmospheric phenomenon |
| Verbs | storm; storm |
| Meaning | A violent commotion or disturbance. |
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| Examples | "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away" |
| Synonyms | tempest |
| Broader | disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle |
| Verbs | storm |
| Meaning | A direct and violent assault on a stronghold. |
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| Broader | assault |
| Verbs | storm; storm |
| Meaning | Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | ramp, rage |
| Broader | act, behave, do |
| Nouns | storm |
| Meaning | Take by force. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They storm the hill |
| Examples | "Storm the fort" |
| Synonyms | force |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate |
| Nouns | storm |
| Meaning | Rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning. |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing |
| Model | It was storming all day long |
| Examples | "If it storms, we'll need shelter" |
| Entails | rain, rain down |
| Nouns | storm |
| Meaning | Blow hard. |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing |
| Examples | "It was storming all night" |
| Entailed by | thunder, boom |
| Broader | blow |
| Nouns | storm |
| Meaning | Attack by storm. Attack suddenly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They storm the hill |
| Synonyms | surprise |
| Broader | attack, assail |
| Nouns | storm |