storm
verb/stɔːm/
/stɔːrm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they storm | /stɔːm/ /stɔːrm/ |
| he / she / it storms | /stɔːmz/ /stɔːrmz/ |
| past simple stormed | /stɔːmd/ /stɔːrmd/ |
| past participle stormed | /stɔːmd/ /stɔːrmd/ |
| -ing form storming | /ˈstɔːmɪŋ/ /ˈstɔːrmɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to suddenly attack a place
- storm something Police stormed the building and captured the gunman.
- The embassy was stormed by demonstrators.
- storm into something Soldiers stormed into the city at dawn.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go somewhere quickly and in an angry, noisy way
- She stormed into my office waving a newspaper.
- He burst into tears and stormed off.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- Apparently she stormed out of the meeting after only 15 minutes.
- He thumped the table and then stormed off.
- She stormed from the room, slamming the door behind her.
- [transitive] + speech to say something in a loud angry way
- ‘Don't you know who I am?’ she stormed.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storm and German Sturm, probably also to the verb stir. The verb dates from late Middle English.
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