Collocations for "storm"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "storm" in context.
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storm
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [severe, tropical, winter] storm
- the perfect storm
- [predict, detect, see] a storm
- [warn, advise, inform] of storms
- many [homes, possessions, heirlooms] were lost in the storm
- the storm left [carnage, devastation] in its wake
- thousands (of people) were [evacuated, trapped, cut off] after the storm
- [trees, benches] were uprooted during the storm
- damaged [during, by, following, after] the storm
- in the [wake, aftermath, devastation] of the storm
- a storm of [abuse, jeers, rage, applause, criticism]
- a storm of [bullets, rounds, gunfire]
- weathered the storm
- the calm before the storm
- UK: it was just a storm in a teacup
- suffered storm damage
- in the storm drain
- issue a storm [warning, watch]
- stormed into the [room]
- stormed through the [room, house, office]
- stormed out of the [room]
- stormed off in [anger, frustration]
- stormed off the [field, pitch]
- storm away in [anger]
- storm over to the [school, office, store]
- stormed ahead of [everyone, the crowd]
- stormed home after [class, work]
- stormed about how [cruel, unfair]
- stormed [angrily, furiously] at him
- storm the [base, castle]
- stormed the [beaches, city]
- stormed and [captured, sacked, occupied, destroyed]
- stormed his [house, office, apartment] [looking, searching] for
- storm to [victory, success, power]
- was storming all [night, day, week]
- will storm [tomorrow]
- is going to storm [tomorrow]
- stormed at [3:00 PM]
'storm' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accommodation
- advisory
- affected
- apparently
- barge
- battered
- blackout
- bone
- brave
- break
- brew
- calm
- castle
- cellar
- churn
- closure
- cloud
- coast
- coming
- consequence
- considerable
- damage
- delay
- desert
- destroy
- develop
- die
- dirt
- down
- drift
- drought
- dust
- east
- eerie
- electrical
- end
- eye
- fall
- flood
- follow
- fortunately
- fourteen
- freak
- fury
- gentle
- gust
- hamper
- harbor
- harm
- hatch