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stormverb to express one's anger usually violentlythe chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces bristle, fume, rage blow up, flare (up), flip (out)(slang)bluster, carry on, fulminate, rampage, rant, rave, take onburn, foam, seethe, smolder(or smoulder), steamchafe, fret, stew make a scene, run amok(or run amuck) allay, appease, pacify, soothecheck, choke (back), collect, compose, contain, curb, pocket, rein, repress, restrain, smother, stifle, strangle, subdue, suppress, swallowmoderate, temper, tone (down)ease, let up, relaxcalm, cool, hush, quell, quiet, settle, still to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the cloudsit storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below pour, precipitate, rain showerspithail, squalldeluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, swamp rain cats and dogs drizzle, mist, mizzle, spit, sprinkle to take sudden, violent action againstthe pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners assail, assault, attack, beset, bushwhack, charge, descend (on or upon), go in (on), jump (on), pounce (on or upon), raid, rush, set on, sic(also sick), strike, trash, turn (on) bum-rush, gang up (on), mob, swarmmug, robambuscade, ambush, surprise(also surprize), waylayblitz, bomb, bombard, nukebarrage, cannon, cannonadebang away (at), batter, buffet, plasterbeleaguer, besiege, pressharry, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sackforay, invade, overrunenvelop, flank beat up on, fly at, go at, light into, pitch into, round on, set at, set upon, tear into cover, defend, guard, protect, secure, shield to be excited or emotionally stirred up with angerby the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined boil, burn, foam, fume, rage, rankle, seethe, sizzle, steam fulminate, rant, ravesmolder(or smoulder)bristle, flare (up), inflame(also enflame)chafe, fret, stewagitate, convulse, roil, shake see red stormnouna disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow squall, tempest blizzard, ice storm, snowstormcloudburst, hailstorm, rainsquall, rainstorm, thundershower, thunderstorm, weather, windstormnortheaster(or nor'easter), norther, southeaster, southwestercyclone, hurricane, typhoonsandstorm a heavy fall of objectspolice had to endure a storm of rocks and bricks hurled by the rioters hail, rain, shower barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volleyflood, gush, rush, spate, torrenteruption, outbreak, outburst a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at oncethe army's spokesperson faced a storm of questions from reporters barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, volley broadside, earfulavalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrentcurrent, river, stream, tideexcess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus dribble, drip, trickle a state of noisy, confused activitya few minutes of calm before the storm, when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter(chiefly dialect), coil, commotion, corroboree(Australian), disturbance, do(chiefly dialect), foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha(also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry(or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle(chiefly British), moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore(Scottish), squall, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roardisorder, unrest, upheavaleruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburstbrawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee(also mêlée), scuffledither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity(or tranquility)order, orderliness a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantitythe storm caused major damage to our barn cloudburst, deluge, downfall, downpour, rain, rainfall, rainstorm, wet precipitation, showerthundershower, thunderstorm, weather drizzle, mist, mizzle, scud, spit, sprinkle a sudden intense expression of strong feelinga storm of indignation and demands for his resignation arose when the mayor's dishonesty was exposed agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, outburst, paroxysm, spasm blowup, grouch, rage, tantrumecstasy, rapture, transportdelirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)civil wars and other storms of unrest swept through the African continent bouleversement, cataclysm, convulsion, earthquake, paroxysm, tempest, tumult, upheaval, uproar insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, overthrow, overturn, rebellion, revolt, revolution, subversion, unrest, uprising, upsetfit, seizure, spasmeruption, flare-up, outbreak, outburstbluster, bobbery, bustle, coil, commotion, furor, furore, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, pandemonium, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, to-do, turmoil, welter, williwawquaking, rocking, shaking, trembling v.attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm mean to make an onslaught upon.attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle.plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots.assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught.Commandos assaulted the building from all sides. bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells.bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position.preparing to storm the fortress before the 12th century |