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The synonyms of “Storm” are: tempest, squall, volley, salvo, fusillade, barrage, discharge, shower, spray, hail, rain, uproar, commotion, furore, brouhaha, trouble, disturbance, hue and cry, upheaval, outburst, outbreak, explosion, eruption, outpouring, surge, upsurge, avalanche, torrent, flood, deluge, assault, attack, onslaught, offensive, charge, raid, foray, sortie, rush, descent, incursion, thrust, push, blitz, blitzkrieg, aggression, rage, ramp, surprise, force, stride angrily, stomp, march, stalk, flounce, stamp, fling, rant, rave, rant and rave, shout, bellow, roar, thunder, explode, conduct an offensive on, make an onslaught on, make a foray on, make a raid on, make a sortie on, descend on, take by storm, attempt to capture
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “storm” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| aggression | Forcefulness. His chin was jutting with aggression. |
| assault | A concerted attempt to do something demanding. Troops began an assault on the city. |
| attack | The act of attacking. The government has come under attack. |
| avalanche | A sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things. The program brought an avalanche of mail. |
| barrage | The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. They are considering a tidal barrage built across the Severn estuary. |
| blitz | A play in which one or more defensive backs charge the quarterback of the opposing team. Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning. |
| blitzkrieg | A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment. |
| brouhaha | A confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits. All that election brouhaha. |
| charge | The price charged for some article or service. A cavalry charge. |
| commotion | The act of making a noisy disturbance. She was distracted by a commotion across the street. |
| deluge | An overwhelming number or amount. A deluge of rain hit the plains. |
| descent | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual’s progenitors. A steep badly eroded descent. |
| discharge | A substance that has been discharged. He failed a drug test and was given a dishonourable discharge. |
| disturbance | A state in which normal mental or physical functioning is disrupted. A helicopter landing can cause disturbance to residents. |
| eruption | A sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome or noisy. Irritable skin eruptions. |
| explosion | The noise caused by an explosion. The population explosion. |
| flood | The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race Gen 6 ff. A tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. |
| foray | A brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere. Scientists forays into politics. |
| furore | An outbreak of public anger or excitement. It was little thought that they would excite such a furore among stamp collectors. |
| fusillade | Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise. |
| hail | Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents. Rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof. |
| hue and cry | The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength. |
| incursion | An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. Border incursions. |
| offensive | An organized and forceful campaign to achieve something, typically a political or social end. The need to launch an offensive against crime. |
| onslaught | An offensive against an enemy (using weapons. In some parks the onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity. |
| outbreak | A sudden occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease. The outbreak of hostilities. |
| outburst | A sudden release of strong emotion. A wild outburst of applause. |
| outpouring | An outburst of strong emotion. Outpourings of nationalist discontent. |
| push | An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself. The army made a push toward the sea. |
| raid | A rapid surprise attack to commit a crime, especially to steal from business premises. An early morning raid on a bank. |
| rain | Falls of rain. The plants were washed away by unusually heavy rains. |
| rush | A sudden intense feeling. A rush job. |
| salvo | A sudden, vigorous, or aggressive act or series of acts. A deafening salvo of shots rang out. |
| shower | An act of washing oneself in a shower. A shower of awards. |
| sortie | An operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation. This latest book is the author s first sortie into non fiction. |
| spray | A pesticide in suspension or solution intended for spraying. A torrent of white foam and spray. |
| squall | A loud cry. Low clouds and squalls of driving rain. |
| surge | A sudden marked increase in voltage or current in an electric circuit. An upsurge in violent crime. |
| tempest | A violent wind. It was only a tempest in a teapot. |
| torrent | A heavy rain. A torrent of abuse. |
| trouble | Difficulty or problems. They had labor trouble. |
| upheaval | A violent disturbance. The first upheaval produced a hill which was called Roof Mountain. |
| uproar | A state of commotion and noise and confusion. The assembly dissolved in uproar. |
| upsurge | An upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase. An upsurge in vandalism and violent crime. |
| volley | A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces. The infantry let off a couple of volleys. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “storm” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| attack | Attack someone physically or emotionally. The cancer cells are attacking his liver. |
| attempt to capture | Enter upon an activity or enterprise. |
| bellow | Make a loud noise, as of animal. Not sausage and mash again he bellowed. |
| charge | Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on. A pennant argent charged with a cross gules. |
| conduct an offensive on | Behave in a certain manner. |
| descend on | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. |
| explode | Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k. Britain had not yet exploded her first nuclear weapon. |
| fling | Move in an abrupt or headlong manner. Fling the frisbee. |
| flounce | Walk emphatically. He stood up in a fury and flounced out. |
| force | Move with force. She forced him to take a job in the city. |
| make a foray on | Give certain properties to something. |
| make a raid on | Proceed along a path. |
| make a sortie on | Induce to have sex. |
| make an onslaught on | Make, formulate, or derive in the mind. |
| march | Force to march. She gripped Rachel s arm and marched her through the door. |
| rage | (of an emotion) have or reach a high degree of intensity. The argument raged for days. |
| ramp | Be rampant. The integrated circuit s output then ramps in the negative direction. |
| rant | Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way. She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all. |
| rant and rave | Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner. |
| rave | Attend a rave party. They used to rave together then they started working together. |
| roar | Make a loud noise, as of animal. Get out of my way he roared. |
| rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. I rushed outside and hailed a taxi. |
| shout | Prevent someone from speaking or being heard by shouting. He leant out of his window and shouted abuse at them. |
| stalk | Go through (an area) in search of prey. Her ex boyfriend stalked her. |
| stamp | Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot. The knives are stamped out from a flat strip of steel. |
| stomp | Deliberately trample or tread heavily on. The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots. |
| stride angrily | Walk with long steps. |
| surprise | Cause to be surprised. The news really surprised me. |
| take by storm | Engage for service under a term of contract. |
| thunder | Thunder sounds. The train thundered through the night. |
| churn | Produce butter by churning milk or cream. The women were churning butter and making cheese. |
| convolute | Curl, wind, or twist together. A convolute petal. |
| convolve | Combine (one function or series) with another by forming their convolution. |
| cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. |
| deluge | The biblical Flood (recorded in Genesis 6–8. This may be the worst deluge in living memory. |
| eddy | Flow in a circular current, of liquids. An eddy of chill air swirled into the carriage. |
| flail | A device similar to a flail used as a weapon or for flogging. The modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters. |
| flood | The act of flooding filling to overflowing. The dam burst flooding a small town. |
| flowage | Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat. Rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation. |
| gale | A very strong wind. I slept well despite the howling gales outside. |
| gust | Of the wind blow in gusts. The tree was bent almost double by the gust. |
| hail | Hail falls. A hail of pebbles. |
| hurricane | A wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale (equal to or exceeding 64 knots or 118 km/h). The manager resigned in a hurricane of disagreement. |
| lightning | A flash or discharge of lightning. The sky was a mass of black cloud out of which lightnings flashed. |
| maelstrom | A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides. The train station was a maelstrom of crowds. |
| purl | Knit with a purl stitch. Knit one purl one. |
| rain | Rain falls. It was beginning to rain. |
| rainfall | Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. Low rainfall. |
| rainstorm | A storm with heavy rain. |
| roil | Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. The sea roiled below her. |
| squall | Blow in a squall. He emitted a short mournful squall. |
| swirl | A quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern. Swirls of dust swept across the floor. |
| tempest | (literary) a violent wind. A worldwide tempest of economic recession. |
| thunder | Thunder sounds. It began to thunder. |
| thunderstorm | A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning. |
| tornado | A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive. Teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion. |
| typhoon | A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. |
| vortex | The shape of something rotating rapidly. We were caught in a vortex of water. |
| whirlpool | A heated pool in which hot aerated water is continuously circulated. He was drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool. |
| windy | Using or containing too many words. Long winded or windy speakers. |
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