STORM
\stˈɔːm], \stˈɔːm], \s_t_ˈɔː_m]\
Definitions of STORM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
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a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening
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take by force; "Storm the fort"
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blow hard; "It was storming all night"
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behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
By Princeton University
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a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
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a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening
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take by force; "Storm the fort"
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blow hard; "It was storming all night"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
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A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
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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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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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To raise a tempest.
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To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
By Oddity Software
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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, often with a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail; an outburst of passion or excitement; a violent commotion; violent assault on a fortified place.
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To attack with violence or open force; as, to storm a fort.
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To blow violently, or to rain, hail, snow, etc.; to rage boisterously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A stir or violent commotion of the air producing wind, rain, etc.: a tempest: violent agitation of society: commotion: tumult: calamity: (mil.) an assault.
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To raise a tempest: to blow with violence: to be in a violent passion.
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To attack by open force: to assault.
By Daniel Lyons
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To attack forcibly; assault.
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To raise a tempest; be in a rage; use violent language.
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Violent commotion of the atmosphere; tempest; any violent disturbance; passion; an assault.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To take, or attempt to take, by storm.
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To take place, as a storm.
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To give vent boisterously to passion; move noisily.
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A disturbance of the atmosphere, commonly accompanied by rain, hail, or snow.
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A violent commotion of any sort.
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A violent and rapid assault on a fortified place.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A violent commotion in the atmosphere, generally widespread and destructive; a tempest; a violent assault on a fortified place; violent civil commotion; insurrection; clamour; tumult; distress; violence; tumultuous force.
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To assault; to attack by open force.
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To raise a tempest; to blow with violence; to rage.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A violent outburst of one or more of the elements wind, rain, snow, thunder and lightning; any violent commotion; tumultuous force; a tumult; a violent and determined assault on a fortified place.
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To attack, or attempt to take, by open force; to blow with violence; to rage; to be loudly angry.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon German] A violent disturbance of the atmosphere producing wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning ; a fall of rain or snow ;-a violent gale ; a tempest ;-vehemence; violence ; -affliction; calamity; distress;-tumult ; sedition ; clamour ; disturbance of the peace ;-a civil, political, or domestic commotion ; - a violent assault on a fortified place.
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