storm

verbA2UK /stɔːm/ US /stoɹm/

Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.US, impersonal
To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.transitive
To disturb or trouble (someone).figuratively, transitive
To use (harsh language).figuratively, transitive
To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.transitive

To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.

To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).figuratively, often, poetic, transitive

To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.broadly, especially, transitive
To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.UK, dialectal, transitive
Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.intransitive
To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.intransitive
To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.figuratively, intransitive
To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.broadly, figuratively, intransitive
To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.figuratively, intransitive

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The sea ice is highly variable - frozen solid during cold, calm weather and broken up in large areas of open water during storms.

The TV antenna broke away in last night's storm.