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Noun storm has 3 senses
- storm, violent storm - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening
--1 is a kind of atmospheric phenomenon
--1 is a part of Beaufort scale, wind scale
--1 has parts: storm center, storm centre
--1 has particulars:
- storm, tempest - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
--2 is a kind of disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
- storm - a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
--3 is a kind of assault
Verb storm has 5 senses
- ramp, rage, storm - behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
--1 is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- storm, force - take by force; "Storm the fort"
--2 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
They storm the hill
- storm - rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"
Sample sentence:
It was storming all day long
- storm - blow hard; "It was storming all night"
--4 is one way to blow
Sample sentence:
It is ----ing
- storm, surprise - attack by storm; attack suddenly
--5 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentence:
They storm the hill
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