📖 storm

noun1 senses

1. a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
2. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
3. a violent commotion or disturbance“the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away”

See also: violent stormtempest

verb2 senses

1. attack by storm; attack suddenly
2. take by force“Storm the fort”
3. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
4. blow hard“It was storming all night”

See also: surpriseforcerageramp

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