stormed

verb

past tense of storm
1
as in raged
to express one's anger usually violently the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces

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2
as in rained
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below

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3
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

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4
as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined

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Recent Examples of stormed It’s celebrated on July 14 because that’s the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution that overthrew the monarchy and sent King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette to the guillotine. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 Monday will mark eight weeks since authorities say two teens, apparently radicalized by hate online, stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego and killed three congregants, including a security guard who engaged them in a gunfight. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026 After rioters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Graham seemed to break with the President. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 July 2026 White Democrats stormed Wilmington's city hall, where its multi-racial government sat. — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 July 2026 After the Sparks opened up a 16-8 lead, Chicago (7-15) stormed back to keep it tight throughout the second quarter. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 The race to determine who will replace Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee is beginning to take shape, after a stream of candidates stormed the race to take his place on the ballot. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026 On May 8, 1781, Spanish forces stormed the fort during the Siege of Pensacola and renamed it Fort San Miguel. — Lane Degregory, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 In February, hundreds of teenagers stormed a mall in the Bronx as store and restaurant managers hid behind locked doors. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stormed
  1. raged
  2. rained
  3. attacked
  4. steamed
  5. poured
  6. raided
  7. burned
  8. flooded
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  • The fire broke out June 17 and raged for eight days, sending a massive amount of smoke into the atmosphere and prompting warnings for nearby residents to stay inside.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
  • Across the continent, schools closed, concerts were canceled, train lines were suspended and wildfires raged.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of raged
Verb
  • The plane crashed into the 109-story CITIC Tower in China's capital city on Friday, June 26, sending members of the public fleeing as debris rained down from the sky, as seen in videos surfacing online.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Body parts and munitions rained down on.
    — Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of rained
Verb
  • So the next time your brand wants to bare its teeth, picture Mickey in his tuxedo being attacked by an oversized beaver.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The suspect is believed to be a woman, but investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the teen was attacked by a man wearing women’s clothes, according to a law enforcement source.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Definition of attacked
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  • The French capital is in the midst of a heat wave — the day of the show was the city’s hottest ever June day, until Wednesday eclipsed it — and the model’s toes steamed inside the oblong footwear.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • But don’t miss the crispy duck and walnut, and matsutake steamed chicken at the equally satisfying but more casual Yunnan specialty restaurant, Horizon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
Definition of steamed
Verb
  • Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of poured
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  • Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigations raided an election hub in Fulton County at the beginning of the year, seizing hundreds of boxes of ballots and tally sheets from election workers.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Subpoenas were issued June 8, the same day FBI agents raided both men’s houses and the assessor’s office.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of raided
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  • The wildfire had burned across an area of 30,000 acres by Sunday, information from the European Union’s Copernicus satellite mapping agency showed.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • When the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the lawn of other beach neighbors, the only Jewish family in town, my dad tracked down the local Klan leader and told him to back off, or else.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • Graphic videos of the shooting flooded social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned the killing – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • The pipes had clogged and the room was flooded with sewage coming up a drain.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of flooded

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