Thesaurus
storm
Synonyms and Antonyms of storm
1
to express oneʼs anger usually violently
make a scene, run amok (or run amuck)
2
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds
rain cats and dogs
3
to take sudden, violent action against
beat up on, fly at, go at, light into, pitch into, round on, set at, set upon, tear into
4
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
see red
Synonym Discussion of storm
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- plan to attack the town at dawn
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- assailed the enemy with artillery fire
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- Commandos assaulted the building from all sides.
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- bombarded the city nightly
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- preparing to storm the fortress
storm
Synonyms and Antonyms of storm
1
a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)
2
a heavy fall of objects
3
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
4
a state of noisy, confused activity
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
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
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a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
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a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
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a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, overthrow, overturn, rebellion, revolt, revolution, subversion, unrest, uprising, upset
eruption, flare-up, outbreak, outburst
bluster, 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, williwaw
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