storming
present participle of storm
storming (plural stormings)
The act by which something is stormed.
The act of one who storms or rages.
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Source: Wiktionary
Storm"ing, a. & n.
Definition: from Storm, v. Storming party (Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress.
Storm, n. Etym: [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. s to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). *166.]
1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. Shak.
2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. Shak.
3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope.
4. (Mil.)
Definition: A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.
– Storm-and-stress period Etym: [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.
– Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
– Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer.
– Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.
– Storm petrel. (Zoöl.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
– Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.
– Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
Syn.
– Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.
– Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. Pope. What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. Donne.
Storm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stormed; p. pr. & vb. n. Storming.] (Mil.)
Definition: To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.
Storm, v. i. Etym: [Cf. AS. styrman.]
1. To raise a tempest. Spenser.
2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.
3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume. The master storms, the lady scolds. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
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