stormed

verb

past tense of storm
1
as in raged
to express one's anger usually violently the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces

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2
as in rained
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below

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3
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

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4
as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined

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Recent Examples of stormed Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios region visited by an average of 40,000 tourists per year. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of Haynes’ movie in July 2024 in Guadalajara, Mexico. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026 Howell stormed out of the bodega following an argument with the victim, only to return half an hour later wearing different clothes and immediately approach Askew. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Ben Johnson was hired as his replacement, and the Bears stormed to the NFC North title in his first season, then won a playoff game for the first time since January 2011. — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 Residents of a Newark, New Jersey, apartment complex got a startling wakeup call Sunday morning when police in tactical gear, responding to reports of multiple people shot, stormed their building. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Two years later, on May 21, 1990, hundreds of protesters stormed the offices of the National Institutes of Health. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 As the board voted to pursue the study, Living Wage for All campaigner Dee Lacey leaped from his front-row chair and stormed out of the chambers. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stormed
  1. raged
  2. rained
  3. attacked
  4. steamed
  5. poured
  6. raided
  7. burned
  8. flooded
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  • In Croatia, 14 people were hospitalized, of whom seven remained in life-threatening condition early Friday from a fire that raged overnight by the coastal town of Omis and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate their homes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These conflagrations follow the historic fires that raged in France and Spain last month, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of raged
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  • Following a pause so dramatically long that Affleck looked confused as to what was happening, celebratory lights began flashing and confetti rained down.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Boo birds rained down at various points, and the stands started to thin out in the later innings.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Definition of rained
Verb
  • And the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Ngbape, however, said his surveillance teams in Nizi have not been attacked.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacked
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  • There’s arguably nothing more annoying than rushing out the door to an event, only to realize your dress is wrinkled and needs to be steamed.
    — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 23 July 2026
  • Manila clams are woven into Italian cuisine, tossed in pasta or served steamed.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of steamed
Verb
  • Dreaming up ‘The Curse of a Forsaken Heart’ was the first time my creative voice poured back in.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The victim was left naked on a floor with head injuries and broken ribs, and one attacker poured floor cleaner onto his open wounds.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • One day, Khalil’s aunt was working at a nonprofit; the next, the office was raided and his aunt was sent to prison without explanation.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Later, law enforcement raided the mayor's home, and the Allegheny County Police Department took over the investigation because of a conflict of interest.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of raided
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  • Since the first attack July 18 in Elektrostal, just east of Moscow, and in the southwestern Tambov region, Wildberries depots burned one after another in massive fires that flooded social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Colorado’s appeal for a similar declaration for the Lee and Elk fires, which burned last summer in the northwest corner of the state, and for flooding on the Western Slope.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of burned
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  • Roads and dozens of homes were also flooded and some areas remained without power.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The bars are flooded with single people dressed in their sexiest getups and looking vaguely uncomfortable.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
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