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Tempests

A storm, especially one with severe winds.

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noun
  1. 1

    A storm, especially one with severe winds.

  2. 2

    Any violent tumult or commotion.

  3. 3

    A fashionable social gathering; a drum.

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stormnounAny disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
tempestuous(figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
typhoonsnounthe third studio album by English rock duo Royal Blood, released through Warner Records on 30 April 2021.
stormsnounA surname.
tempestuouslyIn a tempestuous manner.
typhoonnounA severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
cyclonesnouna first-person shooter video game for MS-DOS developed by Raven Software and published by Strategic Simulations in 1994.
firestormnoun(figurative) An intense or violent altercation; an intense or violent response; an outburst (as of controversy)
tormentorsnounOne who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
whirlwindsnounA windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
tornadosnoun(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
windstormnounA storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.
temperturenounMisspelling of temperature. [A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.]
heat lightningnounLightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).
tempsnounSynonym of temporary (“short-term employee”).
hurricanesnounThe (formerly the Wellington Hurricanes) a New Zealand professional men's rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in Super Rugby.
maelstromnoun(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
tormentnounAny extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
stormyCharacterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
tormentsnounAny extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

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