barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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(verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
barnstormer | (noun) a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting | Synonyms: stunt flier, stunt pilot |
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(noun) an actor who travels around the country presenting plays | Synonyms: play-actor, playactor, trouper |
brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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(verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
brainstorming | (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | - |
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firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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(noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
hailstorm | (noun) a storm during which hail falls | - |
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motorman | (noun) the operator of streetcar | - |
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motormouth | (noun) someone who talks incessantly | - |
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rainstorm | (noun) a storm with rain | - |
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sandstorm | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco |
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shitstorm | (noun) A considerable backlash or controversy | - |
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snowstorm | (noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: blizzard |
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storm | (noun) a direct and violent assault on a stronghold | - |
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(noun) a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning | Synonyms: violent storm |
(noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: tempest |
(verb) attack by storm; attack suddenly | Synonyms: surprise |
(verb) take by force | Synonyms: force |
(verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | Synonyms: rage, ramp |
(verb) blow hard | - |
(verb) rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning | - |
stormbound | (adjective) delayed or confined or cut off by a storm | - |
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stormily | (adverb) in a stormy or violent manner | Synonyms: passionately, turbulently |
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storminess | (noun) violent passion in speech or action | - |
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(noun) the state of being stormy | - |
stormproof | (adjective) protected against or able to withstand storms | - |
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stormy | (adjective) (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion | - |
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(adjective) characterized by violent emotions or behavior | Synonyms: tempestuous |
thunderstorm | (noun) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning | Synonyms: electric storm, electrical storm |
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torment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, worrying |
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(noun) a severe affliction | Synonyms: curse |
(noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: agony, torture |
(noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: anguish, torture |
(noun) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | Synonyms: harassment |
(noun) unbearable physical pain | Synonyms: torture |
(verb) subject to torture | Synonyms: excruciate, torture |
(verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torture |
(verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag |
tormented | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: anguished, tortured |
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(adjective) tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | Synonyms: hag-ridden, hagridden |
tormenter | (noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | Synonyms: teaser, tormentor |
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(noun) someone who torments | Synonyms: persecutor, tormentor |
tormentor | (noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | Synonyms: teaser, tormenter |
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(noun) someone who torments | Synonyms: persecutor, tormenter |
windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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