storm

storm
I
n.
atmospheric disturbance

1) to ride out, weather a storm (the ship finally rode out the storm)

2) a blinding; heavy, severe, violent storm

3) a dust; electrical storm; firestorm; hailstorm; ice storm; rainstorm; sandstorm; snowstorm; thunderstorm; tropical storm

4) a storm hits, strikes; rages

5) a storm blows itself out, blows over, subsides

6) a storm was gathering (also fig.)

disturbance, commotion

7) to raise, stir up a storm

8) a storm was brewing, gathering

assault, attack

(mil. and fig.)

9) to take by storm (the new play took Broadway by storm)

misc.

10) to talk up a storm (colloq.) ('to talk a great deal')

II

v. (d; intr.) ('to rush angrily') to storm into; out of (to storm out of a room)

* * *
[stɔːm]
blows over
electrical storm
firestorm
hailstorm
heavy
ice storm
rages
rainstorm
sandstorm
severe
stir up a storm
strikes
subsides
thunderstorm
tropical storm
violent storm
weather a storm (the ship finally rode out the storm)
out of (to storm out of a room)
(d; intr.) ('to rush angrily') to storm into
['atmospheric disturbance'] to ride out
['disturbance, commotion'] to raise
a blinding
a dust
a storm blows itself out
a storm hits
a storm was brewing
['misc. '] to talk up a storm ('to talk a great deal'; colloq.)
a storm was gathering (also fig.)
['assault, attack'] (mil. and fig.) to take by storm (the new play took Broadway by storm)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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