storm : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building
  debris surge.
  
  • the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge

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• noun a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
  sandstorm; sirocco; duster.
  
  • it was the kind of duster not experienced in years

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• noun a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
  thunderstorm; electric storm.
  

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• noun a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
  thunderstorm; electric storm.
  

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• noun a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox
  equinoctial storm.
  

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• noun a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice
  ice storm.
  

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• noun a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox
  equinoctial storm.
  

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• noun a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
  

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• (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes.

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• noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  Hydrobates pelagicus; stormy petrel.
  

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• noun the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
  

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• a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.

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• noun a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice
  ice storm.
  

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• noun an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes
  cyclone cellar; tornado cellar.
  

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• noun a center of trouble or disturbance
  storm center.
  
• noun the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
  storm center.
  

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• (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.

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• noun a center of trouble or disturbance
  storm center.
  
• noun the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
  storm center.
  

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• noun a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
  

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• noun a canvas cone hoisted to warn of high winds
  

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• noun an extra outer door for protection against severe weather or winter
  

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• (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; usually removed in summer. or replaced with a screen door; storm and screen door.

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• noun an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney
  hurricane lamp; hurricane lantern; tornado lantern; storm lamp.
  

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• noun an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney
  hurricane lamp; hurricane lantern; tornado lantern; storm lamp.
  

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• (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.

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• noun any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.

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• (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.

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• noun a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter
  storm sash.
  

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• . See the Note under Cloud.

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• noun a signal announcing the approach of a storm (particularly a storm of marked violence)
  

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• noun a member of the Nazi SA
  

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• noun Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
  Sturmabteilung; SA.
  

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• noun a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter
  storm sash.
  

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• a translation of G. sturm und drang periode, a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.

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Storm"-beat` adjective

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1. Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser.

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• adjective satellite damaged by storm
  

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• adjective satellite pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
  tempest-swept; tempest-tost; buffeted; tempest-tossed.
  

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• noun a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
  storm.
  

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