Is the word storm a noun

штурм, шторм, буря, гроза, ураган, взрыв, град, штурмовать, бушевать, свирепствовать

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Словосочетания

the elemental power of the storm — стихийная мощь этого шторма  
a lull in the storm — затишье во время грозы / бури / шторма  
a storm is brewing — гроза собирается  
storm cloud — грозовая туча  
to storm / take a fortress — занимать крепость  
to hail down a storm of blows — осыпать градом ударов  
hard storm — жестокий шторм  
robustious storm — сильный шторм  
to ride out / weather a storm — благополучно перенести шторм  
heavy / severe / violent storm — дикая, сильная буря  
storm of applause — шквал аплодисментов  
storm centre — центр штормового циклона, очаг, центр, сосредоточение  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

stormy  — бурный, штормовой, буйный, неистовый, предвещающий бурю, яростный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: storm
he/she/it: storms
ing ф. (present participle): storming
2-я ф. (past tense): stormed
3-я ф. (past participle): stormed

noun
ед. ч.(singular): storm
мн. ч.(plural): storms

As detailed above, ‘storm’ can be a noun or a verb. Verb usage: Troops stormed the complex.

Is stormed a verb?

verb. stormed; storming; storms. Definition of storm (Entry 2 of 2) intransitive verb. 1a : to blow with violence.

Is storm a verb or adjective?

storm (verb) storm cloud (noun) storm door (noun) storm drain (noun)

What type of verb is stormed?

storm verb (EMOTIONAL REACTION) to express anger in a loud and often uncontrolled way: [ + speech ] “Get out and never come back!” he stormed. to enter or leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry: He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he went.

Is storm an adjective?

Of or pertaining to storms. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.

What is word storm?

Word Storm is an activity that combines the use of vocabulary words in context with the students’ speculation about their functional application. Students work in pairs or groups and teach each other the vocabulary.

What is another word for storm?

SYNONYMS FOR storm 1 gale, hurricane, tempest, tornado, cyclone, squall, wind, blizzard.

Is Strom a word?

No, strom is not in the scrabble dictionary.

What does the Bible say about storms?

The Father is with you and will keep you anchored until this storm passes. Zephaniah 3:17 says, “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”

What does Jesus say about the storm?

Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

How do I find peace in the midst of a storm?

Peace in the Midst of the Storm Search him out when you are afraid. Call out his name, ask for his strength. We can be secure and calm amid the storms when we focus on all the promises of Jesus. Pick out one verse about peace that has spoken to you- write it out, keep it handy.

Does the Bible talk about dust storms?

In scripture, dust is a symbol that points us back to the curse of the fall. For example, the serpent was cursed to eat dust and man was cursed to painful toil (see Genesis 3). As believers, we are no longer under this curse because Christ removed it through the power of the cross.

Where is God in the midst of my storm?

Where is God in the storm? When my arms are weary and my soul is battered when life stole from me and left me breathless with its brutality. It’s here, in the midst of the storm when the floodwaters are rising threatening to drowned us that we must decide if we will allow God to use this storm.

What does in the midst mean?

1 : the interior or central part or point : middle in the midst of the forest. 2 : a position of proximity to the members of a group a traitor in our midst. 3 : the condition of being surrounded or beset in the midst of his troubles.

What do you do in the midst of a storm?

5 Things To Do In The Midst of A Divine Storm

• Lean on friends. Relationships are a primary human need.
• Daily Mantra/Meditation. Love Yourself As Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant is one of my favorite books.
• Mind, Body, and Soul.
• This Too Shall Pass.
• Serve Someone Else.

What do you do in a spiritual storm?

During this time we must praise, pray, and persevere. This is the only way that we will be able to weather the storm. When in the Midst of a Spiritual Storm: Praise, Pray, and Persevere will open our minds to the spirituality of God’s work.

What causes a storm?

Thunderstorms form when warm, moist air rises into cold air. The warm air becomes cooler, which causes moisture, called water vapor, to form small water droplets – a process called condensation. If this happens with large amounts of air and moisture, a thunderstorm can form.

What is the effect of a storm in our life?

Storms have the potential to harm lives and property via storm surge, heavy rain or snow causing flooding or road impassibility, lightning, wildfires, and vertical wind shear. Systems with significant rainfall and duration help alleviate drought in places they move through.

What are the 4 types of storms?

The different types of storms are hailstorms, ice storms, snowstorms, thunderstorms, wind storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

Are storms Good or bad?

Although thunderstorms are dangerous, They are also a great blessing, They can be a great help to man and all living creatures, We get lots of water for many continents during the summer, The rain from the thunderstorms washes away many of these pollutants out of the air.

What are the 3 types of storms?

The picture is cool because it shows the three major types of storms that exist all in one photo: Thunderstorms (the smallest), tropical cyclones (larger) and extra-tropical cyclones (the largest). Learn more about different types of storms over at the Earth Observatory website.

What is the largest storm on Earth?

Typhoon Haiyan was one of the largest and strongest typhoons ever recorded. It had winds that reached 195 miles per hour. Typhoons, like hurricanes, are powerful swirling cyclones.

What is the most dangerous type of storm?

Tornadoes are far and way the most dangerous storms in terms of deaths and injuries by an order of magnitude. Hurricanes, typhoons, and storm surges cause the most property damage, droughts and floods cause the most crop damage.

What is a derecho storm?

The event is known as a derecho. A derecho (pronounced similar to “deh-REY-cho”) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. As a result, the term “straight-line wind damage” sometimes is used to describe derecho damage.

Is a derecho worse than a tornado?

Derecho damage A derecho can be as destructive as a tornado, but it is destructive in a decidedly different way. The strong, swirling winds of a tornado will cause debris to fall every which way, while a derecho’s straight-line winds are similar to a regular thunderstorm—but stronger.

Is a derecho storm?

A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], “straight” as in direction) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system and potentially rivaling hurricanic and tornadic forces.

How common are derecho storms?

Derechos are most common in the Midwestern United States, but are still fairly rare. You might see a derecho about once a year there. They can occasionally be found all the way up into the Northeast.

Has anyone survived being picked up by a tornado?

Missouri – Matt Suter was 19 years old when he had an experience that he will never forget. He survived after being swept up inside a tornado. More than a dozen tornadoes spawned from the supercell thunderstorms that day, claiming the lives of two people. But Matt was lucky.

When was the last derecho storm?

June 2012 North American derecho

Composite radar image as the storm moved from Indiana to Virginia
Date(s)	June 29–30, 2012
Fatalities	22 total
Damage costs	$2.9 billion
Areas affected	United States Midwest, United States Mid-Atlantic

Is derecho a Spanish word?

As an adjective, derecho (and derived forms derecha, derechos and derechas) can mean “right” (the opposite of left, as in el lado derecho, the right side), “upright” (as in el palo derecho, the upright pole), and “straight” (as in línea derecha, straight line). As an adverb, the form is derecho.

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɔːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɔɹm/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Related to stir.

Noun[edit]

storm (plural storms)

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth’s surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.

   The boat was torn to pieces in the storm, and nobody survived.

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     We hear this fearful tempest sing, / Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm.

   • 2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 January 2012, page 70:

     Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

2. (Australia) A thunderstorm.
3. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

   The proposed reforms have led to a political storm.

   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Her sister / Began to scold and raise up such a storm.

4. (meteorology) A very strong wind on the wind scale, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
5. (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

Hyponyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:storm

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (meteorology): breeze, gale, hurricane

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Esperanto: ŝtormo
• → Irish: stoirm
• → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• blizzard

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturmijan, from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”).

Verb[edit]

storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)

1. (impersonal) (weather it) To be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

   It stormed throughout the night.

2. (intransitive) (figurative) To rage or fume; to be in a violent temper.

   • 1731 (date written, published 1745)​, Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], volume XVI, new edition, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:

     The master storms, the lady scolds.

3. (intransitive, with adverbial of direction) To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

   She stormed out of the room.

   • 1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611:

     A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.

4. (transitive) [army; crowd, rioters] To assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it.

   Troops stormed the complex.

   • 1974 [1973], Karol, K. S., “The August of the Ultra-Left”, in Mervyn Jones, transl., The Second Chinese Revolution‎^[2], Hill and Wang, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 278:

     The crowd was patient and never dreamed of storming Chungnanhai (which could scarcely have resisted a mass assault) and the most battle-tested groups made no attempt to send their commandos to kidnap the “highest leader.” Calm—if one may use the word—prevailed, and the group leaders were content to lead their followers in chanting slogans against Liu and quotations from Mao. The Chairman, like Vice-Chairman Lin Piao, had been away on a tour of inspection in the provinces since early July; at the time of the siege of Chungnanhai, he was in Wuhan.

5. (transitive) (rare, poetic) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+).

   • 1750, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music), “Theodora”‎^[3]:

     No engine can a tyrant find, to storm the truth-supported mind.

Derived terms[edit]

• bestorm

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Morts, morts

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch storm.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/, [stɔɾm], [ˈstɔɾəm]
• The plural is almost always disyllabic.

Noun[edit]

storm (plural storms)

1. storm

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun[edit]

storm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme)

1. storm

Inflection[edit]

Verb[edit]

storm

1. imperative of storme

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/
• Hyphenation: storm
• Rhymes: -ɔrm

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Noun[edit]

storm m (plural stormen, diminutive stormpje n)

1. storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane.
2. (of sieges or battles) assault, storming

   Synonym: bestorming

Usage notes[edit]

Unlike English storm, the Dutch word is not associated with rainfall. A storm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.

Derived terms[edit]

• stormen
• stormachtig
• stormvloed
• stormweer
• stormwind
• beeldenstorm
• hagelstorm
• regenstorm
• sneeuwstorm
• stormmeeuw
• wervelstorm
• zandstorm
• zeestorm

Descendants[edit]

• Afrikaans: storm
• Negerhollands: storm
• → Papiamentu: storm

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

storm

1. first-person singular present indicative of stormen
2. imperative of stormen

Anagrams[edit]

• morst

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

storm

1. indefinite accusative singular of stormur

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm.

Noun[edit]

storm m

1. storm, violent weather
2. storm, heavy wind
3. storm, assault

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

• Dutch: storm
• Limburgish: stórm

Further reading[edit]

• “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English storm.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

Noun[edit]

storm (plural stormes)

1. A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm)
2. An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
3. (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.

[edit]

• stormy

Descendants[edit]

• English: storm
  • → Esperanto: ŝtormo
  • → Irish: stoirm
  • → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
• Scots: storm
• Yola: stharm, starm

References[edit]

• “storm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun[edit]

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormer, definite plural stormene)

1. a storm

   En kraftig storm er venta seinere i dag.

   A strong storm is expected to hit later today.

   en storm i et vannglass — a storm in a teacup (British)

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• storme

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

storm

1. imperative of storme

References[edit]

• “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

Noun[edit]

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane)

1. storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)

   Ein kraftig storm er venta seinare i dag.

   A strong storm is expected to hit later today.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

• “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• stearm

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sturm, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /storm/, [storˠm]

Noun[edit]

storm m

1. storm

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• Middle English: storm
  • English: storm
    • → Esperanto: ŝtormo
    • → Irish: stoirm
    • → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
  • Scots: storm
  • Yola: stharm, starm

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

• Audio (Phrase including indefinite article: en storm, literally ‘a storm’. Female speaker from Gotland, Sweden.)

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Noun[edit]

storm c

1. storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds.

Declension[edit]

Declension of storm
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	storm	stormen	stormar	stormarna
Genitive	storms	stormens	stormars	stormarnas

See also[edit]

• ta någon med storm
• storma
• storma in
• snöstorm
• höststorm

Anagrams[edit]

• smort

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STORM

Old English, related to Old Norse stormr, German Sturm.

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Britannica Dictionary definition of STORM

I. storm¹ /stɔːm $ stɔːrm/ ‘British English’ ‘American English’ noun

[Word Family: verb: ↑storm; noun: ↑storm; adjective: ↑stormy]

[Language: Old English]

1. [countable] a period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, strong winds, and often ↑lightning:

The weather forecast is for severe storms tonight.

Twenty people were killed when the storm struck the Midwest.

2. [countable usually singular] a situation in which people suddenly express very strong feelings about something that someone has said or done:

The governor found himself at the center of a political storm.

storm of protest/criticism etc

Government plans for hospital closures provoked a storm of protest.

3. take somewhere by storm

a) to be very successful in a particular place:

The new show took London by storm.

b) to attack a place using large numbers of soldiers, and succeed in getting possession of it

4. weather the storm to experience a difficult period and reach the end of it without being harmed or damaged too much:

I’ll stay and weather the storm.

5. a storm in a teacup British English an unnecessary expression of strong feelings about something that is very unimportant

6. dance/sing/cook etc up a storm to do something with all your energy:

They were dancing up a storm.

• • •

COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1)

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + storm

▪ a big storm The tree had come down on the day of the big storm.

▪ a bad/terrible storm This was the worst storm for 50 years.

▪ a severe/violent/fierce storm He set out in a violent storm for Fort William.

▪ a great storm literary: the great storm of 1997

▪ a tropical storm The tropical storm smashed through the Bahamas.

▪ a rain/snow storm They got caught in a terrible snow storm.

▪ a dust storm (=one in which a lot of dust is blown around) Dust storms are relatively common in the Sahara.

▪ an electrical storm (=one with lightning) Power supplies have been affected by severe electrical storms in some parts of the country.

▪ a winter/summer storm People fear there may be more flooding when the winter storms hit.

▪ a freak storm (=an unexpected and unusually violent one) The freak storm caused chaos.

▪ an approaching storm (=one that is coming closer) The horizon was dark with an approaching storm.

■ verbs

▪ a storm blows up (=starts) That night, a storm blew up.

▪ a storm breaks (=suddenly starts, after clouds have been increasing) The storm broke at five o’clock.

▪ a storm is brewing (=is likely to start soon) He could feel that a storm was brewing.

▪ a storm rages (=is active and violent) By the time we reached the airfield, a tropical storm was raging.

▪ a storm hits/strikes (a place) We should try to get home before the storm hits.

▪ a storm lashes/batters a place literary Fierce storms lashed the coastline.

▪ a storm abates/passes We sat and waited for the storm to pass.

▪ a storm blows itself out (=ends) The storm finally blew itself out.

▪ ride out a storm (=survive it without being damaged) The Greek fleet had ridden out the storm near Euboia.

■ storm + NOUN

▪ storm clouds We could see storm clouds in the distance.

▪ storm damage A lot of buildings suffered storm damage.

■ COMMON ERRORS

► Do not say ‘a strong storm‘ or ‘a hard storm‘. Say a big storm, a bad storm, or a violent storm.

• • •

COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)

■ adjectives

▪ a political storm The company became the centre of a political storm.

■ verbs

▪ cause/create a storm The Prime Minister caused a storm by criticizing military commanders.

▪ provoke/spark/raise a storm (=make it start) This decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations.

▪ a storm blows up (=starts) In 1895 a diplomatic storm blew up between Britain and America over Venezuela.

▪ a storm blows over (=ends) The President is just hoping that the storm will blow over quickly.

▪ ride out the storm (=survive the situation) Do you think the government will be able to ride out the storm?

■ phrases

▪ a storm of protest The killing caused a storm of protest.

▪ a storm of controversy His book raised a storm of controversy.

▪ a storm of criticism A storm of criticism forced the government to withdraw the proposal.

▪ be at the centre of a storm British English, be at the center of a storm American English (=be the person or thing that is causing strong protest, criticism etc) He has been at the centre of a storm surrounding donations to the party.

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THESAURUS

▪ storm a period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, strong winds, and often lightning: The ship sank in a violent storm. | They got caught in a storm on top of the mountain. | The storm hit the coast of Florida on Tuesday. | The cost of repairing storm damage will run into millions of pounds.

▪ thunderstorm a storm in which there is a lot of ↑thunder (=loud noise in the sky) and ↑lightning (=flashes of light in the sky): When I was young i was terrified of thunderstorms.

▪ hurricane a storm that has very strong fast winds and that moves over water – used about storms in the North Atlantic Ocean: Hurricane Katrina battered the US Gulf Coast. | the hurricane season

▪ typhoon a very violent tropical storm – used about storms in the Western Pacific Ocean: A powerful typhoon hit southern China today. | Weather experts are monitoring typhoons in Hong Kong and China.

▪ cyclone a severe storm affecting a large area, in which the wind moves around in a big circle: Thousands of people died when a tropical cyclone hit Bangladesh. | Cyclone ‘Joy’ inflicted damage estimated at $40 million, with winds of up to 145 miles per hour.

▪ tornado (also twister American English informal) an extremely violent storm that consists of air that spins very quickly and causes a lot of damage: The tornado ripped the roof off his house. | For the second time in a week deadly tornadoes have torn through Tennessee.

▪ snowstorm a storm with strong winds and a lot of snow: A major snowstorm blew across Colorado.

▪ blizzard a severe snowstorm in which the snow is blown around by strong winds, making it difficult to see anything: We got stuck in a blizzard. | Denver is bracing itself for blizzard conditions.

II. storm² ‘British English’ ‘American English’ verb

[Word Family: verb: ↑storm; noun: ↑storm; adjective: ↑stormy]

1. [transitive] to suddenly attack and enter a place using a lot of force:

An angry crowd stormed the embassy.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere in a noisy fast way that shows you are extremely angry

storm out of/into/off etc

Alan stormed out of the room.

3. [intransitive and transitive] literary to shout something in an angry way:

‘What difference does it make?’ she stormed.

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THESAURUS

■ to attack a place

▪ attack to use weapons to try to damage or take control of a place: The village was attacked by enemy warplanes. | We will attack at dawn.

▪ invade to enter a country and try to get control of it using force: The Romans invaded Britain 2,000 years ago.

▪ storm to suddenly attack a city or building that is well defended by getting inside it and taking control: Elite troops stormed the building and rescued the hostages.

▪ besiege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ to surround a city or building with soldiers in order to stop the people inside from getting out or from receiving supplies: In April 655, Osman’s palace was besieged by rebels.