storm
/stoɹm/ noun C2- A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
Plural storms
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All we have got to do is, to keep our own counsel, and remain perfectly quiet, not breathing a word to any living soul; and you will see that the storm will pass away without in the least affecting us.”
I shall offer to pay him to-morrow, he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter.”
The rustle of the poplar leaves about the house worried her, it sounded so like pattering raindrops, and the full, faraway roar of the gulf, to which she listened delightedly at other times, loving its strange, sonorous, haunting rhythm, now seemed like a prophecy of storm and disaster to a small maiden who particularly wanted a fine day.
The clerks in the office jumped about like sailors during a storm.
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